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SCHOOL  LAWS 


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STATE  op  WYOMING 


1901 


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COMPILED    BY 

THOS.  T.  TYNAN 

SUPERINTENDENT  OF  PUBLIC  INSTRUCTION 
CHEYENNE,  WYOMING 


LARAMIE.  WYOMING: 

CHAPLIN,  SPAFFORP  &  MATHISON,  PRINTERS. 
1901. 


SCHOOL  LAWS 


...    OF    THE    .    .    . 


STATE  OF  WYOMING 


In  Force  June  30,  1901 


COMPILED    BY 

THOS.  T.  TYNAN 

SUPERINTENDENT  OF  PUBLIC  INSTRUCTION 

CHEYENNE,  WYOMING 


LARAMIE,  WYOMING: 
CHAPLIN,  SPAFFORP  &  MATHISON.  PRINTERS. 

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SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING. 


Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction. 

GENERAL  DUTIES. 

SEC.  91.  The  duties  of  superintendent  of  public  in- 
struction shall  be  as  follows:  He  shall  file  all  papers, 
reports  and  public  documents  transmitted  to  him  by  the 
school  officers  of  the  several  counties,  each  year,  sepa- 
rately, and  hold  the  same  in  readiness  to  be  exhibited  to 
the  governor,  or  to  any  committees  of  either  house  of  the 
legislature,  and  shall  keep  a  fair  record  of  all  matter 
pertaining  to  the  business  of  his  office.  He  shall  have  a 
general  supervision  of  all  the  district  schools  of  the 
state,  and  shall  see  that  the  school  system  is,  as  early  as 
practicable,  put  into  uniform  operation.  He  shall  pre- 
pare and  have  printed  suitable  forms  for  all  reports  re- 
quired by  law,  and  shall  transmit  the  same,  with  such 
instructions  in  reference  to  the  course  of  studies  as  he 
may  judge  advisable,  to  the  several  officers  entrusted 
with  their  management  and  care.  He  shall  make  all  fur- 
ther rules  and  regulations  that  may  be  necessary  to  car- 
ry the  law  into  full  effect,  according  to  its  spirit  and 
intent,  which  shall  have  the  same  force  and  effect  as 
though  contained  herein.  [K.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3906]. 

DISPOSITION  OF  DONATED   BOOKS,   MAPS   AND   SCHOOL 
APPARATUS. 

SEC.  92.  One  copy  of  all  books,  maps,  charts  or 
school  apparatus,  which  may  be  received  by  the  superin- 
tendent of  public  instruction,  from  publishers,  inventors 
or  manufacturers,  shall  be  placed  by  him  in  the  public  li- 
brary of  this  state.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3907]. 


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the  first  class  nine  hundred  dollars,  in  counties  of  the 
second  class  seven  hundred  and  fifty  dollars,  in  counties 
of  the  third  class,  six  hundred  dollars,  and  in  counties 
of  the  fourth  class  five  hundred  dollars,  together  with 
their  actual  and  necessary  traveling  expenses,  while  en- 
gaged in  the  discharge  of  their  official  duties,  the  ac- 
count for  which  expenses,  before  being  allowed,  shall  be 
stated  in  separate  items,  accompanied  by  vouchers,  or 
receipts,  for  all  items  amounting  to  five  dollars  or  more, 
and  otherwise  made  conformable  to  the  law.  [S.  L.  1901, 
Chap.  18]. 

DUTIES. 

SEC.  1192.  The  duties  of  the  county  superintendent 
of  schools  shall  be  as  follows:  He  shall  on  the  first 
Monday  of  October  in  each  year,  transmit  to  the  superin- 
tendent of  public  instruction  a  report,  containing  an  ab- 
stract of  the  several  particulars  set  forth  in  The  reports 
of  the  district  clerks,  together  with  a  statement  of  the 
financial  affairs  of  his  office,  and  such  suggestions  as  he 
shall  think  proper,  relative  to  the  schools  of  his  county; 
he  shall  distribute  to  the  districts  within  his  county 
such  blank  forms,  circulars  and  other  communications 
as  may  be  transmitted  to  him  for  that  purpose,  by  the 
superintendent  of  public  instruction.  [S.  L.  1895,  Oh. 
44,  Sec.  1]. 

APPORTIONMENT    OF    TAXES— DISTRICT    TREASURER'S 
BOND. 

SEC.  1193.  On  the  first  Monday  of  Den-ember,  an- 
nually, he  shall  apportion  the  county  school  tax  and  all 
money  in  the  county  treasury,  belonging  to  the  school 
fund,  in  the  following  manner:  Each  school  district  in 
his  county  shall  be  apportioned  the  sum  of  one  hundred 
and  fifty  dollars  for  the  payment  of  teachers  in  such  dis- 
trict, and  all  moneys  remaining  after  such  apportion- 
ment shall  be  apportioned  to  each  district  pro  rata,  in 
accordance  with  the  number  of  pupils  in  attendance  at 
the  schools  of  said  district,  reported  to  him  by  the  sev- 
eral district  clerks;  Provided,  always,  That  each,  every 
and  all  poll  taxes,  levied  and  collected  for  school  pur- 


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poses,  in  each  school  district  in  this  state,  shall,  when 
collected  by  the  county  treasurer,  be  paid  over  to  the 
treasurer  of  the  school  district  in  which  the  persons  re- 
spectively reside, who  paid  such  poll  tax,and  the  said  poll 
taxes  shall  not  be  divided  among  the  school  districts  of 
the  county  pro  rata  to  the  number  of  scholars  in  such 
school  district,  but  the  poll  taxes  so  collected  from  the 
inhabitants  of  each  school  district  shall  be  paid  to  the 
treasurer  of  the  district  in  which  they  severally  reside, 
for  the  support  of  the  schools  of  such  district;  no  dis- 
trict shall  be  entitled  to  the  amount  of  one  hundred  and 
fifty  dollars,  for  the  payment  of  teachers,  besides  the  pro 
rata  apportionment  as  proA^ided  in  this  section,  when 
there  are  less  than  eight  scholars  of  school  age  in  said 
district;  he  shall  record  a  statement  of  such  apportion- 
ment in  his  office,  and  he  shall  also  notify  the  county 
treasurer  of  the  same;  he  shall  immediately  draw  an 
order  on  the  county  treasurer,  in  favor  of  the  treasurer 
of  each  district  for  the  amount  of  its  proportion,  and 
transmit  the  same  to  the  treasurer  of  the  district ;  Pro- 
riilrd.  Such  district  treasurer  shall  have  given  his  offi- 
cial bond,  which  draft  the  county  treasurer  shall  pay  to 
the  district  treasurer  on  presentation  of  the  draft  prop- 
erly endorsed.  [S.  L.  1895,  Ch.  44,  Sec.  1] . 

SUPPLEMENTAL  APPORTIONMENT. 

SEC.  1194.  Should  no  apportionment  of  the  school 
funds  be  made  on  the  first  Monday  in  December,  as  re- 
quired in  this  chapter,  he  may  make  an  apportionment 
as  soon  thereafter  as  practicable,  in  the  same  manner  as 
hereinbefore  provided.  He  may  also  make  a  supple- 
mentary apportionment  of  the  money  in  the  county 
school  fund  at  any  time  after  the  first  Monday  in  De- 
cember, prior  to  the  first  of  the  following  June,  and  such 
supplementary  apportionment  shall  be  pro  rata,  accord- 
ing to  the  number  of  pupils  in  attendance  in  any  and  all 
schools  in  each  district,  as  reported  to  him  by  the  several 
district  clerks  in  their  last  annual  reports.  [S.  L.  1895, 
Ch.  44,  Sec.  1.] 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING. 
BOUNDARIES  OF  DISTRICTS  WHEN  CHANGED— NUMBER. 

SEC.  1195.  The  county  superintendent  of  schools 
shall  divide  the  county  into  school  districts,  and  may  al- 
ter and  change  the  boundaries  of  districts  thus  formed, 
from  time  to  time  as  the  convenience  of  the  inhabitants 
of  the  aforesaid  district  may  require,  and  shall  proceed 
to  make  such  change  at  any  time,  when  petitioned  by 
two-thirds  of  the  legal  voters  of  any  district :  And  the 
county  superintendent  of  schools  shall  abolish  or  join  in 
a  contiguous  district,  any  school  district  in  which  no 
school  has  been  maintained  for  twelve  consecutive 
months,  and  all  funds  to  the  credit  of  such  district  so 
abolished  or  joined  to  another  district  shall  be  returned 
to,  and  become  a  part  of  the  general  school  fund  of  the 
county ;  Provided,  That  nothing  in  this  chapter  shall  be 
so  construed  as  to  prevent  the  county  superintendent  of 
schools  from  joining  any  school  district  (having  less  than 
eight  pupils)  to  any  other  school  district  lying  contigu- 
ous thereto,  if,  in  the  judgment  of  said  superintendent, 
it  will  be  for  the  benefit  of  the  public  schools,  so  to  join 
such  districts.  [S.  L.  1901,  Ch.  20.] 

EXAMINATION  OF  TEACHERS— VISITS. 

SEC.  1196.  He  shall  examine  every  person  offering 
himself  or  herself  as  a  teacher  of  public  schools  under 
the  provisions  of  section  six  hundred  and  thirty-one,  and 
if  in  his  opinion  such  person  is  qualified  to  teach  a  pub- 
lic school,  shall  give  him  or  her  a  certificate  as  provided 
for  in  sections  six  hundred  and  twenty-seven  and  six 
hundred  and  twenty-eight,  authorizing  him  or  her  to 
teach  a  public  school  in  his  county.  He  shall  have  the 
general  superintendence  of  the  schools  of  his  county, 
and  shall  visit  each  school  at  least  once  in  each  term,  and 
shall  have  power  to  recommend  for  dismissal  all  teach- 
ers he  may  find  to  be  incompetent ;  Provided,  That  before 
any  teacher  shall  be  dismissed  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
superintendent  to  specify  charges,  in  writing,  against 
said  teacher,  and  shall  file  the  same  with  the  board  of 
trustees  of  the  school  district  wherein  said  teacher  is  em- 
ployed, and  upon  such  charges  a  hearing  shall  be  had  in 


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the  presence  of  the  board,  and  if  in  their  judgment  the 
charges  as  preferred  are  well  sustained,  then  the  said 
board  may  proceed  to  dismiss  said  teacher.  [S.  L.  1901, 
Ch.  56.] 

FAILURE  TO  MAKE  REPORT— PENALTY. 

SEC.  111)7.  Should  he  fail  to  make  his  reports,  as 
required  in  this  chapter,  he  shall  forfeit  the  sum  of  one 
hundred  dollars,  and  suit  shall  be  brought  on  his  official 
bond  for  the  collection  of  the  same,  with  damages,  by  the 
prosecuting  attorney.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3915.] 

SUPERVISORY  AND   APPELLATE   AUTHORITY. 

SEC.  1198.  He  shall  see  that  the  annual  reports  of 
the  clerks  of  the  several  school  districts  in  his  county 
are  made  correctly  and  in  due  time,  and  shall  hear  and 
determine  all  appeals  from  the  decision  of  the  district 
boards.  [E.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3917.] 

COUNTY  TEACHERS'  INSTITUTE. 

SEC.  1199.  The  county  superintendent  of  public 
schools  shall  hold  annually,  at  some  convenient  place,  a 
county  teachers'  institute  for  the  instruction  and  ad- 
vancement of  teachers.  Said  institute  shall  continue 
not  less  than  four  days  nor  more  than  five  days.  The 
county  superintendent  shall  preside  at  all  meetings,  and 
determine  the  time  and  place  for  holding  such  institute. 
It  shall  be  the  duty  of  all  teachers  actually  engaged  in 
teaching  in  such  county  to  attend  such  institute  unless 
they  shall  have  a  written  excuse,  signed  by  the  county 
superintendent.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  each  district 
board  to  pay  all  teachers  who  attend  such  institute,  the 
same  salary  per  day  they  would  have  paid  had  the  same 
amount  of  time  been  spent  in  teaching.  It  shall  be  the 
duty  of  the  county  board  of  commissioners  in  each  coun- 
ty, to  appropriate  annually  the  sum  of  one  hundred  dol- 
lars for  the  payment  of  such  instructors  or  lecturers  as 
the  county  superintendent  may  employ  to  asssist  him  in 
holding  the  county  institute.  [S.  L.  1888,  Ch.  72,  Sub- 
Div.  4,  Sec.  1.] 


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School  Districts— Organization  and  Powers. 


NOTICE  OF  FORMATION  OF  NEW  DISTRICT. 

SEC.  523.  Whenever  a  school  district  shall  be 
formed  in  any  county,  the  county  superintendent  of 
schools  in  such  county  shall,  within  fifteen  days  thereaf- 
ter, prepare  a  notice  of  the  formation  of  such  district, 
describing  its  boundaries  and  stating  the  number  there- 
of, and  appointing  a  time  and  place  for  the  district  meet- 
ing. He  shall  cause  the  notice,  thus  prepared,  to  be  post- 
ed in  at  least  five  public  places  in  the  district,  at  least 
ten  days  before  the  time  appointed  for  such  meeting; 
and  when  a  joint  district  is  derived  from  portions  of  two 
or  more  counties,  the  county  superintendent  of  each 
county,  from  which  any  portion  of  the  new  district  is 
taken,  shall  unite  in  giving  the  customary  notices,  and 
the  new  district  shall  be  numbered  by  the  superintend- 
ent of  the  county  having  the  highest  number  of  districts. 
[E.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3918.] 

APPEAL    FROM    SUPERINTENDENT    ON    FORMATION    OF 
DISTRICT. 

SEC.  524.  A  majority  of  the  voters  in  any  school 
district,  being  dissatisfied  with  the  formation  of  any 
school  district,  shall  have  the  right  to  appeal  from  the 
superintendent  to  the  board  of  county  commissioners, 
and  from  the  board  of  county  commissioners  to  the  su- 
perintendent of  public  instruction.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec. 
3919.] 

FIRST  ELECTION  OF  TRUSTEES— OFFICERS  OF  DISTRICT. 

SEC.  525.  The  qualified  electors  of  a  school  district 
when  assembled  in  accordance  with  the  notice  required 
in  section  five  hundred  and  twenty-three,  shall  organize 
by  appointing  a  chairman  and  a  secretary  who  shall  act 
as  judges  of  election.  They  shall  then  by  ballot  elect 
three  trustees  possessing  the  qualifications  of  electors  of 
said  district,  and  the  name  of  each  elector  shall  be  re- 
corded by  the  secretary,  and  they  shall  hold  their  office 


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'until  the  next  succeeding  annual  district  election  and 
until  their  successors  are  elected  and  qualified.  The 
said  trustees  shall  constitute  a  board  of  directors  for  the 
district  and  shall,  as  soon  as  they  are  qualified,  choose 
from  their  number  a  director,  treasurer  and  clerk  of 
the  district.  [S.  L.  1890,  Ch.  77,  Sec.  1.] 

ELECTION    OF    TRUSTEES   WHERE    NUMBER    INCREASED 
TO  SIX. 

SEC.  526.  In  all  school  districts  in  this  state  con- 
taining a  population  of  one  thousand  or  more,  the  num- 
ber of  trustees  may  be  increased  to  six  at  any  annual 
school  election  held  hereafter  if  the  majority  of  the  elec- 
tors at  such  annual  meeting,  upon  taking  a  vote  by  ballot 
so  decide.  The  electors  shall  then  proceed  by  ballot  to 
elect  oiK1  trustee  for  one  year,  one  trustee  for  two  years 
and  two  trustees  for  three  years.  At  all  annual  elec- 
tions held  thereafter  there  shall  be  elected  two  trustees 
who  shall  hold  their  office  for  three  years  or  until  their 
successors  are  elected  and  qualified.  [S.L.  1897,  Ch.  38.] 

SCHOOL  DISTRICT   SEAL. 

SEC.  527.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  board  of 
school  directors  so  increased  to  six  members,  to  provide 
at  the  expense  of  their  district,  and  for  said  district,  a 
seal,  upon  which  shall  be  engraved  the  words  "School 

District  No , County,  Wyo.," 

stating  the  number  of  the  district,  and  the  county  in 
which  it  is  situated.  The  seal  shall  be  in  possession  of 
the  clerk  of  the  district.  It  shall  be  affixed  to  all  com- 
munications or  notices  required  by  law  to  be  sent  or  pub- 
lished by  such  school  board,  and  to  all  warrants  drawn 
upon  the  treasurer  of  the  district.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec. 
3923.] 

OATH  OF  DIRECTORS. 

SEC.  528.  All  directors  of  the  board  shall,  within 
ten  days  after  their  election,  appear  before  some  justice 
of  the  peace  or  other  person  qualified  to  administer 
oaths,  and  take  an  oath  for  the  faithful  performance  of 
their  duties  and  in  accordance  with  law  and  shall,  with- 


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out  delay,  transmit  a  copy  of  said  oath  in  writing  to  the 
county  superintendent  of  schools.  [S.  L.  1890.  Ch.  77,, 
Sec.  2.] 

SCHOOL  DISTRICT  TO  BE  BODY  CORPORATE. 

SEC.  529.  Each  school  district  formed  under  the- 
provisions  of  this  title,  is  hereby  declared  to  be  a  body 
corporate  by  the  name  and  style  of  "School  District 

No ,  in  the  County  of ,  and  State 

of  Wyoming;'5  and  in  that  name  it  may  hold  property, 
and  be  a  party  to  suits  and  contracts.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec. 
3925.] 

REGULAR  MEETINGS  OF  DISTRICT. 

SEC.  530.  The  regular  meeting  of  each  school  dis- 
trict shall  be  held  on  the  first  Monday  of  May  of  each 
year.  And,  when  present,  the  director  and  clerk  shall 
preside  as  chairman  and  secretary  of  such  meeting.  [K.. 
S.  1887,  Sec.  3926.] 

POWERS  OF  DISTRICT  MEETING.  i 

SEC.  531.  The  qualified  electors  of  the  district,, 
when  assembled,  shall  have  power : 

1.  To  appoint  a  chairman  and  secretary,  in  the 
absence  of  the  regular  officers. 

2.  To  adjourn  from  time  to  time,  as  occasion  may 
require. 

3.  To  determine  the  number  of  schools  which  shall 
be  established  in  the  district,  and  the  length  of  time  each 
shall  be  taught. 

4.  To  fix  the  site  of  each  school  house,  taking  into 
consideration  in  doing  so,  the  wants  and  necessities  of 
the  people  of  each  portion  of  the  district. 

5.  To  vote  such  sum  of  money  as  the  meeting  shall 
deem  sufficient  for  any  of  the  following  purposes:     To 
supply  any  deficiency  in  the  fund  for  the  payment  of 
teachers ;  to  purchase  or  lease  a  suitable  site  for  a  school 
house,  or  school  houses;    to  build,  rent  or  purchase  a 
school  house  or  school  houses,  and  keep  in  repair  and 
furnish  the  same  with  the  necessary  fuel  and  append- 
ages;  for  procuring  libraries  for  the  schools,  books  and 


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•stationery  for  the  use  of  the  board  and  district  meetings; 
-and  for  the  payment  of  all  other  contingent  expenses  of 
/the  district;  Provided,  That  the  sum  of  money  so  voted 
shall  not  exceed  ten  mills  on  the  dollar  of  all  taxable 
property  in  each  school  district;  Provided,  further, 
That  the  tax  to  be  levied  and  collected,  as  authorized  by 
this  section,  shall  not  exceed  five  mills  on  the  dollar  of 
the  assessed  valuation  of  the  taxable  property  in  any 
one  year  in  all  school  districts  having  a  total  valuation 
of  property  exceeding  three  millions  of  dollars,  or  a  xal- 
uation  thereof  of  less  than  two  hundred  thousand  dol- 
lars. 

6.  To  direct  the  sale  or  other  disposition  to  be  made 
of  any  school  house,  or  the  site  thereof,  and  of  such  other 
property,  real  or  personal,  as  may  belong  to  the  district; 
and  to  direct  the  manner  in  which  the  proceeds  arising 
"therefrom  shall  be  applied. 

7.  To  vote  a  sum  not  exceeding  one  hundred  dollars 
in  any  one  year,  to  procure  a  district  library,  consisting 
of  such  books  as  they  may  direct  any  person  to  procure. 

8.  To  delegate  any  and  all  powers  specified  in  the 
foregoing  subdivisions  to  the  district  board;   Provided, 
that  the  district  board  shall  not  have  power  to  vote  or 
raise  money  as  provided  in  subdivision  five. 

9.  To  transact  generally  such  business  as  may  tend 
to  promote  the  cause  of  education  in  accordance  with 
the  provisions  of  this  title.     [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3927;    S. 
L.  1888,  Ch.  72,  Sec.  12;  S.  L.  1890,  Ch.  77,  Sec.  5.] 

OBJECTS  IN  VOTING  MONEY  TO  BE  DESIGNATED. 

SEC.  532.  In  voting  money,  the  district  meetings 
shall  designate  the  respective  objects  for  which  the  same 
is  raised,  and  the  amount  to  be  raised  for  each  object,  and 
the  aggregate  amount  shall  be  assessed  and  collected,  as 
provided  in  this  title.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3928.] 

MEETING  MAY  ADOPT  RULES  OF  ORDER. 

SEC.  533.  They  may  adopt  rules  of  order,  not  in- 
compatible with  the  provisions  of  this  chapter  and  the 
instructions  of  the  superintendent  of  public  instruction, 
for  the  government  of  district  meetings,  and  may  alter 


14  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING. 

and  change  the  same  from  time  to  time  as  occasion  may 
require,  and  may  prescribe  the  manner  of  taking  the 
sense  of  the  meeting  upon  any  question;  Provided,  That 
the  last  specification  shall  not  apply  to  the  election  of 
officers.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3929.] 

TRANSFER  OF  SCHOOL  FUNDS. 

SEC.  534.  In  all  cases  where  there  are  moneys  be- 
longing to  the  school  house  fund,  remaining  in  the  hands 
of  the  district  treasurer  of  any  school  district,  and  the 
board  of  directors  thereof  are  satisfied  that  such  moneys 
are  not  required  to  build  a  school  house  or  school  houses, 
in  said  district,  or  repair  or  furnish  the  same,  such  mon- 
eys may  be  transferred  and  accredited  to  the  teachers' 
fund,  and  applied  to  the  payment  of  teachers.  And  the 
board  may  also  in  like  manner  transfer  a  surplus  of  the 
teachers'  fund  to  the  fund  for  building  school  houses 
when  required.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3930.] 

MANNER    OF    CONDUCTING   ELECTION    OF   TRUSTEES. 

SEC.  535.  At  the  regular  district  meeting  of  school 
districts  in  each  year,  at  the  time  now  provided  by  laAv 
for  the  election  of  trustees,  such  district  meeting  shall 
be  opened  by  proclamation  of  the  trustees,  at  the  hour 
named  in  the  published  or  posted  notice  for  the  meeting. 
And  the  order  of  business  at  such  meeting  shall  be : 

1.  Reading  and  consideration  of  the  report  of  the 
clerk  and  treasurer. 

2.  Voting  of  money  to  be  raised  by  special  tax. 

3.  Election  of  trustee  or  trustees. 

4.  Miscellaneous  business. 

[S.  L.  1888,  Ch.  73,  Sec.  1.] 

QUALIFICATIONS  OF  ELECTORS. 

SEC.  536.  All  school  district  elections  shall  be  car- 
ried on  as  provided  by  law,  and  the  qualifications  of  vot- 
ers at  such  elections  shall  be  the  same  as  at  any  other 
election.  [S.  L.  1890,  Ch.  80,  Sec.  179.] 

ANNUAL  ELECTION  OF  TRUSTEES— DISTRICT  OFFICERS. 

SEC.  537.  Except  as  otherwise  provided  by  iaw 
there  shall  be  elected  in  each  organized  school  district 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING.  15 

at  the  regular  annual  district  meeting  on  the  first  Mon- 
day in  May  of  each  year,  one  trustee,  who  shall  hold  his 
office  for  three  years  and  until  his  successor  is  duly  elect- 
ed and  qualified.  If,  for  any  cause,  the  annual  election 
should  not  be  held  at  the  regular  annual  meeting,  a  spe- 
cial meeting  may  be  held  for  that  purpose  if  so  specified 
in  the  notice  for  said  special  meeting.  The  trustees  to- 
gether shall  constitute  a  board  of  directors  for  the  dis- 
trict, and  shall,  immediately  after  they  are  qualified, 
elect  one  of  their  number  a  director,  treasurer  and  clerk 
of  the  district.  At  the  first  regular  annual  election  after 
a  school  district  is  organized  there  shall  be  three  trus- 
tees elected,  one  to  hold  his  office  for  the  term  of  three 
years,  and  one  to  hold  his  office  for  the  term  of  two  years, 
and  one  for  the  term  of  one  year  and  until  their  suc- 
cess* n-s  are  elected  and  qualified,  and  thereafter  at  each 
such  animal  meeting  there  shall  be  one  trustee  elected 
as  aforesaid,  for  the  term  of  three  years,  as  successor  to 
the  out-going  member  of  the  board,  and  all  of  said  trus- 
tees herein  mentioned  shall  possess  the  qualifications  of 
any  elector  in  said  district,  and  shall  be  elected  by  bal- 
lot, and -the  name  of  each  elector  voting  tot  trustee  shall 
be  recorded  by  the  secretary  of  the  meeting,  and  such 
record  shall  be  filed  with  the  district  clerk.  [S,  L.  1890, 
Ch.  77,  Sec.  3.] 

DIRECTORS  SHALL  QUALIFY. 

Sue.  538.  Said  directors  shall  qualify  in  the  man- 
ner prescribed  for  directors  elected  upon  the  formation 
of  a  new  school  district;  and  in  case  they  neglect  or  re- 
fuse so  to  do,  they  shall  be  subject  to  the  same  penalty. 
[B.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3934.] 

MEETINGS  OF  BOARD. 

Si:r.  539.  The  board  of  directors  may  hold  such  reg- 
ular, special  or  adjourned  meetings  as  they  may  from 
time  to  time  determine.  [B.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3935.] 

POWERS  AND  DUTIES  OF  DISTRICT  BOARD. 

SEC.  540.  The  district  board  shall  make  all  con- 
tracts, purchases,  payments  and  sales,  necessary  to  car- 


20  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING. 

ry  out  every  vote  of  the  district,  for  procuring  any  site 
for  a  school  house,  renting,  repairing  or  furnishing  the 
same,  and  disposing  thereof,  or  for  keeping  a  school 
therein,  and  performing  such  other  duties  as  may  be 
delegated  to  them  by  the  district  meeting.  [R.  S.  1887, 
Sec.  3936.] 

MEMBERS   OF  BOARD  MAY  ADMINISTER  OATHS. 

SEC.  541.  The  trustees  of  school  districts  are  here- 
by severally  authorized  to  administer  oaths  within  their 
respective  counties  in  any  and  all  matters  pertaining  to 
their  respective  districts  and  the  business  thereof,  where 
an  oath  is  or  shall  be  required  by  law.  [S.  L.  1897, 
Ch.  4.] 

AUTHORITY  OF  BOARD   TO  REMOVE  SCHOLARS. 

SEC.  542.  The  district  board  shall  have  power  to  ad- 
mit scholars  from  adjoining  districts,  and  remove  schol- 
ars for  disorderly  conduct;  and  when  scholars  are  ad- 
mitted from  other  districts  the  district  board  may,  in 
their  discretion,  require  a  tuition  fee  from  such  scholars. 
[R:  S.  1887,  Sec.  3937.] 

WHEN  BOARD  TO  ADVERTISE  FOR  BIDS. 

SEC.  543.  Whenever  any  school  house  is  to  be  built 
or  any  repairs,  addition  or  improvement  costing  more 
than  two  hundred  dollars  made  to  any  school  house  or 
district  property,  the  board  of  directors  of  the  district 
shall  advertise  for  bids  for  such  work,  and  in  all  cases 
contract  the  same  to  the  lowest  responsible  bidder.  [R. 
S.  1887,  Sec.  3938.] 

SETTLEMENT  WITH  TREASURER— REPORT  TO  DISTRICT 
MEETING. 

SEC.  544.  They  shall,  from  time  to  time,  examine 
the  books  and  accounts  of  the  treasurer,  and  make  settle- 
ment with  him,  and  shall,  at  eac)i  regular  meeting  of  the 
district,  present  to  the  same  a  full  statement  of  the  re- 
ceipts and  expenditures  of  the  district,  and  such  other 
matters  as  mav  be  deemed  important.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec. 
3939.] 


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VISITING  COMMITTEE. 

SEC.  545.  They  shall  appoint  a  committee  from 
their  own  body  to  visit  the  respective  schools  of  the  dis- 
trict monthly,  and  to  aid  the  teachers  in  establishing  and 
enforcing  rules  for  the  government  of  schools,  and  see 
that  the  teachers  keep  a  correct  list  of  the  pupils,  the 
time  which  they  attend  school,  the  branches  of  learning 
which  each  is  studying,  and  such  other  matters  as  may, 
in  the  opinion  of  the  board,  tend  to  promote  the  welfare 
of  the  school.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3940.] 

AUDITING  AND  PAYMENT  OF  CLAIMS. 

SEC.  546.  They  shall  audit  and  allow  all  just  claims 
against  the  district,  and  the  directors  shall  draw  an 
order  for  all  demands  thus  audited,  on  the  district  treas- 
urer. [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3941.] 

SPECIAL  DISTRICT  MEETINGS— REQUISITES   OF  NOTICE. 

SEC.  547.  They  shall,  upon  the  written  request  of 
five  legal  voters  of  the  district,  or  whenever  they  deem  it 
expedient,  call  special  meetings  thereof;  but  in  all  such 
cases,  the  notice  of  such  meeting  shall  clearly  state  the 
precise  object  for  which  it  is  called,  and  time  and  place 
at  which  it  is  to  be  held.  [E.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3942.] 

TERM  OF  EXISTING  APPOINTEES  TO  FILL  VACANCIES. 

SEC.  548.  In  case  a  vacancy  in  any  district  school 
board  shall  be  caused  by  the  resignation,  death  or  other- 
wise of  any  one  of  its  members,  such  vacancy  shall  be 
filled  by  appointment  of  the  district  board,  and  said  ap- 
pointee may  legally  hold  such  office  until  the  next  annu- 
al school  election  following  said  appointment,  but  no 
longer,  and  at  the  annual  election  said  vacancy  shall  be 
filled  in  the  same  way  and  manner  as  authorized  by  law 
for  the  annual  election  of  school  trustees.  [S.  L.  1901, 
Ch.  58.] 

BOND  OF  DISTRICT  TREASURER. 

SEC.  550.  The  district  treasurer  shall  give  bonds  to 
the  district  in  such  penalty  and  with  such  sureties  as  the 
board  of  the  county  commissioners  shall  direct  and  ap- 
prove, conditioned  for  the  faithful  application  of  all 
money  which  may  come  into  his  hands  by  virtue  of  his 


18  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING. 

office;  Provided,  Said  bonds  shall  not  exceed  one  and 
one-quarter  times  the  amount  of  all  the  school  moneys 
handled  by  such  treasurer  in  any  one  year.  Said  penalty 
may  be  increased  from  time  to  time  as  the  interests  of 
the  district  may  require.  The  said  bond,  after  being 
approved  by  the  board  of  county  commissioners,  shall 
be  filed  with  the  county  treasurer,  and  it  is  hereby  made 
unlawful  for  the  county  treasurer  to  pay  over  any  sums 
of  money  out  of  the  school  fund  to  any  district  treasurer 
until  such  bond  shall  have  been  approved  and  filed  as 
herein  provided,  and  in  case  of  a  breach  in  the  conditions 
of  said  bond,  suit  shall  be  brought  thereon  by  the  board 
of  the  county  commissioners  of  the  county  in  which  the 
district  is  situated,  for  the  benefit  of  said  district.  [R. 
S.  1887,  Sec.  3945.] 

ESTABLISHMENT  OF  HIGH  SCHOOLS. 

SEC.  551.  The  county  superintendent  and  district 
board  of  directors  may  determine  whether  a  school  of  a 
higher  grade  shall  be  established  in  the  district,the  num- 
ber of  teachers  to  be  employed,  and  the  course  of  instruc- 
tion to  be  pursued  therein,  until  the  meeting  of  the 
teachers'  institute,  provided  for  by  law,  at  which  time 
the  institute  shall  determine  the  studies  to  be  pursued  in 
all  schools  of  like  grade  in  the  state;  and  the  superin- 
tendent of  public  instruction  shall  have  the  same  power 
to  carry  into  effect  the  determination  of  the  institute,  as 
is  provided  in  other  cases ;  and  the  board  may  erect,  for 
the  purpose,  one  or  more  permanent  school  houses,  and 
shall  cause  such  classification  of  the  pupils  as  they  may 
deem  necessary ;  but  in  selecting  the  site  for  such  school 
house  or  school  houses  the  permanent  interest  and  fu- 
ture welfare  of  the  people  of  the  entire  district  shall  be 
consulted.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3946.] 

SEPARATE  SCHOOL  FOR  COLORED  CHILDREN. 

SEC.  552.  When  there  are  fifteen  or  more  colored 
children  within  any  school  district,  the  board  of  direct- 
ors thereof,  with  the  approval  of  the  county  superintend- 
ent of  schools,  may  provide  a  separate  school  for  the  in- 
struction of  such  colored  children.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec. 
3947.] 


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EMPLOYMENT  AND  PAYMENT  OF  TEACHERS. 

SEC.  553.  The  district  board  shall  employ  all  teach- 
ers necessary  for  the  schools  of  the  district,  and  pay 
them  by  draft  on  the  treasurer.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3948.] 

SCHOOL  AGE— COMPULSORY  EDUCATION. 

SEC.  554.  The  district  schools  established  under  the 
provisions  of  this  title  shall  at  all  times  be  equally  i'ree 
and  accessible  to  all  children  resident  therein,  over  six 
and  under  the  age  of  twenty-one  years,  subject  to  such 
regulations  as  the  district  board  in  each  district  may 
prescribe.  And  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  all  parents  and 
guardians  or  other  persons  having  the  control  of  chil- 
dren between  the  ages  above  mentioned,  to  send  such 
children  to  some  school,  at  least  three  months  in  each 
and  every  year,  except  in  case  of  invalids,  and  others  to 
Avhom  the  school  room  would  be  injurious.  In  such 
cases  the  district  board  shall,  upon  receipt  of  a  physi- 
cian's certificate,  excuse  such  children ;  and  the  district 
board  may,  in  its  discretion,  excuse  children  from  at- 
tendance when  a  compliance  with  this  title  would  work 
great  hardship.  In  all  such  cases  the  clerk  of  the  board 
shall  state  the  reason  for  excuse,  and  the  name  of  the 
child  or  person  excused,  and  the  length  of  time  for  which 
excused,  at  large  in  the  minutes  of  the  proceedings  of 
the  board.  Provided,  That  in  all  cases  the  applicant 
may  apeal  from  the  decision  of  the  board  to  the  county 
superintendent,  whose  decision  shall  be  final.  [R.  S. 
1887,  Sec.  3949.] 

LIABILITY  OF  PARENTS  AND   GUARDIANS— AUTHORITY 
OF  POLICE  OFFICERS. 

SEC.  555.  Any  parent  or  guardian,  or  other  person, 
having  children  in  their  charge  between  the  ages  of  sev- 
en and  sixteen  years,  who  shall  neglect  or  refuse  to  com- 
ply with  the  provisions  of  this  chapter,  shall,  on  convic- 
tion, be  punished  by  a  fine  not  exceeding  twenty-five  dol- 
lars, for  each  and  every  offense,  and  it  shall  be  the  duty 
of  all  sheriffs,  constables  or  police  officers,  at  all  times, 
whenever  it  comes  to  their  knowledge  that  any  child  is 
living  idly  and  loitering  about  the  streets  or  thorough- 


20  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING. 

fares  and  spending  its  time  in  an  idle  and  dissolute  man- 
ner, to  notify  some  member  of  the  school  board  of  the 
district  in  which  such  child  is  living,  whose  duty  it  shall 
be  to  immediately  make  all  the  proper  inquiries  to  ascer- 
tain the  reasons  for  the  non-attendance  of  said  child  in 
some  school  of  the  county  in  which  such  child  may  be 
found  by  said  board.  If  any  such  child  or  ward  is  wilful- 
ly violating  the  conditions  of  this  law,  it  shall  become 
the  duty  of  the  county  superintendent  of  schools,  on  writ- 
ten notice  from  the  board,  to  make  complaint  before 
some  justice  of  the  peace  against  the  parent  or  guardian 
of  said  child  or  Avard,  or  to  make  complaint  against  such 
child  or  ward,  as  provided  in  cases  of  vagrancy,  under  the 
laws  of  this  state.  [E.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3950.] 


District  Officers  and  Their  Duties. 


DIRECTOR    TO   PRESIDE   AT   MEETINGS   AND    COUNTER- 
SIGN ORDERS. 

SEC.  556.  The  director,  when  present,  shall  preside 
at  all  meetings  of  the  board  of  the  district,  and  counter- 
sign all  orders  on  the  treasury  for  the  payment  of  money. 

[K.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3951.] 

HOW  DRAFTS  AND  ORDERS  DRAWN. 

SEC.  557.  All  drafts  and  orders  drawn  on  the  dis- 
trict treasurer,  as  required  in  the  foregoing  section, 
shall  specify  the  fund  on  which  they  are  drawn,  and  the 
use  for  which  the  money  is  designed,  and  shall  be  signed 
by  the  district  clerk.  [E.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3952.] 

BY  WHOM  DISTRICT  TO  APPEAR  IN  ACTIONS. 

SEC.  558.  The  director  shall  appear  in  behalf  of  his 
district  in  all  suits  brought  by  or  against  the  same ;  but 
when  he  is  individually  a  party,  this  duty  shall  be  per- 
formed by  the  clerk.  [K,  S.  1887,  Sec.  3953.] 

DUTIES  OF  CLERK. 

SEC.  559.  The  clerk  shall  record  all  the  proceed- 
ings of  the  board  and  of  the  district  meetings  in  books  to 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING.  21 

be  kept  for  that  purpose,  and  report  in  writing  to  the 
county  superintendent  of  schools  the  name  of  the  direc- 
tor and  treasurer  immediately  after  they  are  chosen  or 
elected,  and  he  shall  preserve  copies  of  all  reports  made 
to  the  county  superintendent,  and  shall  file  all  papers 
transmitted  to  him,  by  school  officers  or  other  per- 
sons, pertaining  to  the  business  of  the  district,  and  shall 
sign  all  drafts,  warrants  and  orders  drawn  by  him.  [S. 
L.  1890,  Ch.  77,  Sec.  4.] 

CLERK  TO  CERTIFY  DEBT  LIMIT. 

SEC.  560.  The  clerk  of  each  school  district  of  each 
county  shall  endorse  a  certificate  upon  every  bond  or 
evidence  of  debt  issued  pursuant  to  law,  that  the  same  is 
within  the  lawful  debt  limit  of  such  school  district,  and 
is  issued  according  to  law.  He  shall  sign  such  certifi- 
cate in  his  official  character.  [S.  L.  1890-91,  Ch.  43, 
Sec.  2.] 

CLERKS  SHALL  KEEP  ACCOUNTS. 

SEC.  561.  The  district  clerk  shall  keep  an  accurate 
account  of  all  the  expenses  incurred  by  the  district,  and 
shall  present  the  same  to  the  district  board,  to  be  audit- 
ed and  paid  as  herein  provided,  out  of  the  school  fund. 
[R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3955.] 

NOTICE  OF  DISTRICT  MEETINGS. 

SEC.  562.  The  district  clerk  shall  give  ten  days  pre- 
vious notice  of  all  regular  and  special  meetings  of  the 
district,  herein  authorized,  by  posting  up  a  written  no- 
tice in  three  different  places  therein;  and  shall  furnish 
a  copy  of  the  same  to  the  teachers  of  each  school  in  the 
district,  to  be  read  once  in  the  presence  of  the  pupils 
thereof.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3956.]  . 

ANNUAL  REPORT  OF  CLERK  TO  COUNTY  SUPERINTEND- 
ENT. 

SEC.  563.  The  district  clerk  shall,  on  the  first  Mon- 
day of  September  in  each  year,  submit  a  report  to  the 
county  superintendent,  for  the  year  past,  then  ending: 

1.  Of  the  number  of  schools  taught  in  such  dis- 
trict, the  number  of  days  each  scholar  attended  the 
same,  and  the  aggregate  number  of  days  of  attendance 


22  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING. 

of  said  school  respectively,  as  certified  by  the  teachers  of 
the  several  schools  of  such  district. 

2.  The  number  of  schools  and  the  branches  taught 
in  each. 

3.  The  number  of  pupils  in  each  school,  and  of 
each  sex. 

4.  The    number    of    teachers    employed    in    each 
school,  and  the  average  compensation  of  each  per  month. 

5.  The  number  of  days  the  school  has  been  taught, 
and  by  whom. 

6.  The  average  cost  of  tuition  for  a  pupil,  per 
month,  in  each  school. 

7.  Books  used  in  each  school. 

8.  The  number  of  volumes  in  the  library  of  oach 
school. 

9.  The   aggregate   amount   paid   teachers   during 
the  year,  the  source  from  which  the  same  was  received, 
and  the  amount  of  the  teachers'  fund  in  the  hands  of  the 
treasurer. 

10.  The  number  of  district  school  houses,  and  the 
cost  of  each. 

11.  The  amount  raised  in  the  district  by  tax,  for 
the  erection  of  school  houses,  and  for  other  purposes 
authorized  in  this  title,  and  such  other  information  as 
he  may  deem  useful.     [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3957.] 

FAILURE  TO  MAKE  REPORT— PENALTY. 

SEC.  564.  Should  the  clerk  fail  to  file  his  report,  as 
above  directed,  he  shall  forfeit  the  sum  of  twenty-five 
dollars,  and  shall  be  liable  to  make  good  all  loss  result- 
ing to  the  district  from  such  failure,  suit  to  be  brought  in 
both  cases  by  the  director,  in  the  name  of  the  district, 
on  his  official  bond.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3958.] 

DUTIES   OF  TREASURER— PUBLICATION  OF  REPORT. 

SEC.  565.  The  treasurer  shall  have  the  custody  of 
all  moneys  belonging  to  the  district,  and  shall  pay  out 
the  same  upon  the  order  of  the  clerk,  countersigned  by 
the  director;  and  shall  keep  an  account  of  the  receipts 
and  expenditures  thereof,  in  a  book  provided  for  that 
purpose.  He  shall  cause  to  be  published  in  some  news- 
paper of  general  circulation  in  the  county  wherein  such 


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school  district  is  situate,  on  the  first  week  of  July  in 
each  year,  a  full  and  true  report  of  the  receipts  and  dis- 
bursements of  said  district  for  the  year  next  preceding 
such  report.  [K.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3959.] 

TEACHERS'  FUND. 

SEC.  566.  The  moneys  for  the  payment  of  teachers 
shall  be  called  the  "teachers'  fund,"  and  the  treasurer 
shall  keep  distinct  and  separate  accounts  with  them; 
and  no  warrant  for  money  shall  be  paid  by  the  treasurer 
which  does  not  specify  the  fund  on  which  it  is  drawn, 
and  the  specific  use  to  which  it  is  to  be  applied.  [R.  S. 
1887,  Sec.  3960.] 

SCHOOL  HOUSE  FUND. 

SEC.  567.  The  school  house  fund  shall  consist  only 
of  taxes  collected  in  the  district;  and  all  other  school 
moneys  belonging  to  the  district  shall  go  to  the  teach- 
ers' fund,  and  shall  be  applied  to  no  other  use  except  to 
pay  the  wages  of  school  teachers  in  the  district.  [R.  S. 
1887,  Sec.  3961.] 

TREASURER  TO  RECEIVE  DISTRICT  MONEY. 

SEC.  568.  The  district  treasurer  shall  apply  for, 
and  receive  all  money  apportioned  to  the  district,  by  the 
county  superintendent,  when  notified  of  said  apportion- 
ment/ [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3962.] 

TREASURER  TO  RENDER  STATEMENT  ON  REQUEST. 

SEC.  569.  The  district  treasurer  shall  render  a 
statement  of  the  finances  of  the  district  as  shown  by  the 
records  of  his  office,  at  any  time  when  required  by  the 
district  board.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3963.] 


School  District  Bonds. 


AUTHORITY  TO  CALL  ELECTION  TO  DETERMINE  ISSUE. 

SEC.  570.  The  board  of  school  trustees  of  any 
school  district  may,  whenever  a  majority  thereof  so  de- 
cide, submit  to  the  electors  of  the  district  the  question 
whether  the  board  shall  be  authorized  to  issue  the  cou- 


24  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING. 

pon  bonds  of  the  district  to  a  certain  amount,  not  to  ex- 
ceed two  per  cent,  of  the  taxable  property  in  said  dis- 
trict, and  bearing  a  certain  rate  of  interest,  not  exceed- 
ing six  per  cent,  per  annum,  and  payable  and  redeemable 
at  a  certain  time,  not  exceeding  twenty-five  years,  for 
the  purpose  of  building  one  or  more  school  houses  in 
said  district,  and  providing  the  same  with  necessary  fur- 
niture, and  funding  outstanding  indebtedness  evidenced 
by  warrant  or  otherwise,  against  said  district.  [S.  L. 
1897,  Ch.  41.] 

BOND  ELECTION— ISSUE  OF  BONDS. 

SEC.  571.  Such  elections  must  be  held  in  the  man- 
ner prescribed  for  general  or  special  elections  in  school 
districts,  and  the  ballots  must  contain  the  words 
"Bonds,  yes;"  or  "Bonds,  no."  If  the  majority  of  the 
votes  at  such  election  are,  "bonds,  yes,"  the  board  of 
trustees  must  issue  such  bonds  in  such  form  as  the  board 
may  direct ;  they  must  bear  the  signatures  of  the  presi- 
dent of  the  board  of  trustees  and  be  countersigned  by 
the  clerk  of  the  school  district,  and  bear  the  district  seal 
and  be  countersigned  by  the  county  treasurer,  and  the 
coupon  attached  to  the  bonds  must  be  signed  by  the 
president  and  clerk  and  the  county  treasurer.  And  each 
bond  so  issued  must  be  registered  by  the  county  treas- 
urer in  a  book  provided  for  that  purpose,  which  must 
show  the  number  and  amount  of  each  bond,  and  the  per- 
son, to  whom  the  same  is  issued,  and  the  said  bonds  must 
be  sold  by  the  said  school  trustees,  as  provided  in  sec- 
tion five  hundred  and  seventy-two.  [S.  L.  1888,  Ch.  72, 
Sec.  2.] 

SALE  OF  BONDS— APPLICATION  OF  PROCEEDS. 

SEC.  572.  The  school  trustees  must  give  notice  in 
some  newspaper  of  general  circulation,  published  in  the 
capital  of  this  state,  and  also  in  some  newspaper  pub- 
lished in  the  county  in  which  said  school  district  is  lo- 
cated, for  a  period  of  not  less  than  four  weeks,  to  the  ef- 
fect that  the  said  school  trustees  will  sell  said  bonds, 
briefly  describing  the  same,  and  the  time  and  place 
where  such  sale  will  take  place ;  Provided,  That  the  said 
bonds  must  not  be  sold  for  less  than  their  par  value,  and 


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the  said  trustees  are  authorized  to  reject  any  bids,  and 
to  sell  said  bonds  at  private  sale,  if  they  deem  it  for  the 
best  interests  of  the  district;  and  all  money  arising 
from  the  sale  of  said  bonds  must  be  paid  forthwith  into 
the  treasury  of  the  county  in  which  said  district  may  be 
located,  to  the  credit  of  said  district,  and  the  same  shall 
be  immediately  available  for  the  purpose  of  building  or 
providing  the  school  house,  or  school  houses  authorized 
by  this  chapter.  [S.  L.  1888,  Ch.  72,  Sec.  3.] 

FLEDGE  FOR  FAYMENT. 

SEC.  573.  The  faith  of  each  school  district  is  sol- 
emnly pledged  for  the  payment  of  the  interest,  and  the 
redemption  of  the  principal  of  all  bonds  which  are  is- 
sued under  this  chapter.  [S.  L.  1888,  Ch.  72,  Sec.  4.] 

TAX  LEVY  TO  REDEEM  AND  FAY  INTEREST. 

SEC.  574.  The  board  of  county  commissioners  of 
the  proper  county  of  each  district  must  ascertain  and 
levy  annually,  the  tax  necessary  to  pay  the  interest  as  it 
becomes  due,  and  a  sinking  fund  to  redeem  the  said 
bonds  at  their  maturity ;  and  said  tax  is  a  lien  upon  the 
property  in  said  school  district,  and  must  be  collected 
in  the  same  manner  as  other  taxes  for  school  purposes. 
Said  tax  shall  be  knon  as  "district  bond  tax  of  school 
district  No "  [S.  L.  1888,  Ch.  72,  Sec.  5.] 

REDEMFTION. 

SEC.  575.  When  the  sum  in  the  sinking  fund  equals 
or  exceeds  the  amount  of  any  bond  then  due,  the  county 
treasurer  shall  post  in  his  office,  a  notice  that  he  will, 
within  thirty  days  from  the  date  of  such  notice,  redeem 
the  bonds  then  payable,  giving  the  number  thereof,  and 
the  preference  must  be  given  to  the  oldest  issue ;  and  if, 
at  the  expiration  of  the  said  thirty  days,  the  holder  or 
holders  of  said  bonds,  shall  fail  or  neglect  to  present  the 
same  for  payment,  interest  thereon  must  cease ;  but  the 
treasurer  shall,  at  all  times  thereafter,  be  ready  to  re-« 
deem  the  same  on  presentation,  and  when  any  bonds  are 
so  purchased  or  redeemed,  the  county  treasurer  must 
cancel  the  same  by  writing  across  the  face  of  each  bond 
in  red  ink,  the  word  "cancelled,"  and  the  date  of  such 


26  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING. 

cancellation.  The  annual  interest  on  all  of  said  bonds 
shall  be  payable  at  the  office  of  the  treasurer  of  the  pro- 
per county  on  the  first  and  ten  succeeding  days  of  Janu- 
ary in  each  year.  [S.  L.  1888,  Ch.  72,  Sec.  6.] 

PAYMENT  OF  INTEREST. 

SEC.  576.  The  county  treasurer  may  pay  out  of  any 
moneys  belonging  to  a  school  district  tax  fund,  the  in- 
terest upon  any  bonds  issued  under  this  chapter  by  such 
school  district,  when  the  same  becomes  due,  upon  the 
presentation  at  his  office  of  the  proper  coupon,  which 
must  show  the  amount  due,  and  the  number  of  the  bond 
to  which  it  belonged,  and  all  coupons  so  paid,  must  be 
reported  to  the  school  trustees  at  their  first  regular 
meeting  thereafter.  [S.  L.  1888,  Ch.  72,  Sec.  7.] 

PREPARATION  OF  BONDS. 

SEC.  577.  The  school  trustees  of  any  district,  shall 
cause  to  be  printed  or  lithographed  at  the  lowest  rates, 
suitable  bonds,  with  the  coupons  attached,  when  the 
same  become  necessary,  and  pay  therefor  out  of  any 
moneys  in  their  treasury.  [S.  L.  1888,  Ch.  72,  Sec.  8.] 

PENALTY   FOR   MISAPPLICATION    OF    FUNDS    BY    TRUS- 

TEES. 

SEC.  578.  If  any  of  the  school  trustees  fraudulently 
fail  or  refuse  to  pay  into  the  proper  county  treasury  the 
money  arising  from  the  sale  of  any  bonds  provided  for* 
by  this  chapter,  they  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  felony, 
and  upon  conviction  thereof,  be  punished  by  imprison- 
ment in  the  state  penitentiary  for  a  term  of  not  less  than 
one  year,  nor  more  than  ten  vears.  [S.  L.  1888,  Ch.  72, 
Sec.  9.] 

COUNTY  TREASURER  SHALL  HAVE  CUSTODY  OF  FUNDS. 

SEC.  579.    The  county  treasurer  of  such  county  shall 

have  the  custody  of  all  funds  realized  from  the  sale  of 

•  said  bonds,  until  the  same  are  drawn  out  by  the  order  of 

the  board  of  directors  of  said  district.     [S.  L.  1888, 

Ch.  72,  Sec.  10.] 

ADDITIONAL  BOND  OF  COUNTY  TREASURER. 

SEC.  580.     The  board  of  trustees  of  said  district 


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shall  require  the  said  county  treasurer  to  give  said  dis- 
trict a  separate  bond  in  such  sum  as  said  board  may 
deem  proper,  with  two  or  more  sufficient  sureties,  con- 
ditioned for  the  faithful  performance  of  the  duties  re- 
quired of  him  by  this  act,  and  the  faithful  accounting 
for  the  moneys  deposited  with  him  and  realized  from 
the  sale  of  said  bonds,  as  herein  provided  for,  and  such 
bonds  shall  be  approved  by  said  board  and  shall  be  and 
remain  in  the  custody  of  said  board  of  trustees.  [S.  L. 
1888,  Ch.  72,  Sec.  11.] 


Refunding  School  District  Bonds, 

POWER  OF  BOARD  TO  ISSUE  REFUNDING  BONDS. 

SEC.  581.  The  board  of  directors  of  each  and  every 
school  district  in  the  state  of  Wyoming  are  hereby  au- 
thorized to  issue  refunding  bonds  of  such  school  district, 
for  the  purpose  of  taking  up  outstanding  bonds  of  such 
school  district,  for  any  sum  not  exceeding  the  amount  of 
outstanding  bonds ;  Provided,  That  the  qualified  electors 
of  any  school  district  shall  so  elect  and  determine  at  any 
regular  meeting,  or  at  any  special  meeting,  held  for  such 
purpose.  [S.  L.  1893,  Ch.  10,  Sec.  1.] 

FORM  OF  BOND,  TIME  AND  INTEREST. 

SEC.  582.  Said  bonds  shall  be  issued  in  sums  of  not 
less  than  one  hundred  dollars,  and  shall  be  redeemed 
by  the  school  district  issuing  the  same  within  a  period 
not  exceeding  thirty  years,  and  not  less  than  five  years 
from  the  date  of  issue,  and  shall  bear  interest  at  a  rate 
not  exceeding  six  per  centum  per  annum,  on  each  dollar 
of  their  face,  which  interest  shall  be  payable  annually 
or  semi-annually,  the  rate  of  interest  to  be  determined 
by  the  board  of  school  directors.  Such  bonds  shall  be 
numbered  from  one  upwards,  and  be  headed  "Refunding 

bonds  of  school  district  number ,  in  the  county  of 

,  state  of  Wyoming ;"  and  before 

being  issued  shall  be  registered  by  the  treasurer  of  the 
county,  within  which  such  school  district  is  situated. 
[S.  L.  1893,  Ch.  10,  Sec.  2.] 


20  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING. 

REGISTRATION  OF  BOND. 

SEC.  583.  The  county  treasurer  of  each  county  shall 
keep  a  book  in  which  shall  be  registered  all  such  bonds, 
showing  the  number  of  the  bond,  the  date  of  issue, 
amount,  number  of  coupons,  date  of  redemption,  date  of 
registry  and  payment  of  interest  on  such  bonds,  which 
book  shall,  during  business  hours,  be  open  for  inspec- 
tion. [S.  L.  1893,  Ch.  10,  Sec.  3.] 

BY  WHOM  SIGNED  AND  SALE  THEREOF. 

SEC.  584.  All  bonds  so  issued  shall  be  signed  by  the 
presiding  officer  of  the  board  of  directors  of  such  school 
district,  countersigned  by  the  county  treasurer  of  the 
county  in  which  such  school  district  is  situated,  and  at- 
tested by  the  clerk  of  such  school  district,  with  the  seal 
of  such  school  district  attached;  and  none  of  such  bonds 
shall  be  sold  for  less  than  their  face  value,  and  shall  not 
be  sold  until  thirty  days  notice  shall  have  been  given  in 
some  newspaper  of  general  circulation  in  the  state  of 
Wyoming.  [S.  L.  1893,  Ch.  10,  Sec.  4.] 

COUPONS— WHERE  PAID. 

SEC.  585.  Said  bonds  shall  have  coupons  attached, 
representing  the  interest  to  be  paid  each  year,  and  the 
coupons  representing  said  interest  shall  be  detached 
from  the  bonds  before  presentation  for  payment  of  the 
interest  for  the  year  corresponding,  and  upon  payment 
shall  be  forthwith  cancelled  by  the  county  treasurer,  by 
writing  the  word  "cancelled"  across  the  face  thereof. 
The  interest  on  all  such  bonds  shall  be  payable  at  the 
office  of  the  county  treasurer  of  the  county  in  which 
such  school  district  issuing  such  bonds  is  situated,  or 
in  any  place  designated  by  the  board  of  school  directors 
of  such  school  district.  [S.  L.  1893,  Ch.  10,  Sec.  5.] 

TAX  TO  PAY  INTEREST  AND  PRINCIPAL. 

SEC.  586.  There  shall  be  annually  levied  by  the 
board  of  county  commissioners  of  the  county,  within 
which  is  situate  any  school  district  issuing  any  such 
bonds,  as  are  herein  provided  for,  on  all  taxable  prop- 
erty within  the  limits  of  said  school  district,  a  tax  not 
to  exceed  seven  mills  on  the  dollar  of  valuation,  which 


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shall  be  known  as  the  "Refunding  Bond  Fund  of  school 

district  No "    Said  tax  shall  be  payable  only  in 

the  lawful  money  of  the  United  States,  and  shall  be  used 
to  pay  the  interest  and  principal  of  said  bonds,  and  for 
no  other  purpose;  and  said  tax  shall  be  collected  in  the 
same  manner,  and  at  the  same  time  as  the  county  taxes, 
and  paid  into  the  county  treasury  by  the  collector  of 
taxes.  [S.  L.  1893,  Oh.  10,  Sec.  6.] 

DUTY  OF  SCHOOL  DIRECTORS  AS  TO  REDEMPTION. 

SEC.  587.  The  board  of  school  directors  of  any 
school  district,  which  may  issue  bonds,  as  provided  in 
this  article,  shall  each  year,  after  the  tenth  year,  retire 
as  many  of  such  bonds  as  can  be  redeemed,  with  the 
amount  of  said  bond  fund,  at  the  time  in  the  hands  of 
the  county  treasurer,  and  in  all  such  cases,  such  bonds 
shall  be  redeemed  by  the  payment  of  number  one  lirst, 
and  proceeding  continuously  upwards  with  those  out- 
standing. All  cancelled  bonds  shall  be  turned  over  to 
the  board  of  directors  at  such  times  as  they  may  direct. 
[S.  L.  1893,  Ch.  10,  Sec.  7.] 

PROPERTY  IN  DISTRICT  PLEDGED  FOR  PAYMENT. 

SEC.  588.  All  taxable  property  of  any  school  dis- 
trict issuing  bonds,  as  herein  provided  for,  at  the  time 
of  issuing  such  bonds,  shall  be  pledged  for  the  payment 
of  the  principal  and  interest  of  such  bonds  in  the  man- 
ner herein  provided,  and  it  shall  not  be  lawful  to  use  or 
divert  any  portion  of  such  bond  fund  for  any  purpose 
whatever,  except  for  the  payment  of  such  principal  and 
interest.  [S.  L.  1893,  Ch.  10,  Sec.  8.] 

DUTY  OF  CDUNTY  TREASURER. 

SEC.  589.  The  county  treasurer  of  each  county  in 
which  any  school  district,  issuing  bonds  as  herein  pro- 
vided for,  is  situated,  shall  have  custody  of  all  funds 
realized  from  the  sale  of  such  bonds,  and  shall  pay  the 
same  out  only  upon  the  return  of  such  bonds,  for  the 
redemption  of  which  the  refunding  bonds,  for  the  issue 
of  which  this  article  provides,  may  have  been  issued. 
Such  bonds  so  redeemed  shall  be  cancelled  by  the  county 
treasurer  and  turned  over  to  the  board  of  school  direct- 


30  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING. 

ors  of  the  school  district  which  issued  said  redeemed 
bonds  at  such  time  as  they  may  direct.  It  shall  be  the 
duty  of  the  county  treasurer  to  give  a  separate  bond  to 
be  made  to  such  school  district,  in  such  sum  and  with 
such  sureties  as  the  board  of  county  commissioners  of 
the  county  may  deem  proper  and  sufficient,  conditioned 
for  the  faithful  accounting  of  the  moneys  deposited  with 
him  and  realized  from  the  sale  of  such  bonds  as  are 
herein  provided  for,  and  such  treasurer's  separate  bond 
shall  be  and  remain  in  the  custody  of  the  county  clerk  of 
the  county  in  which  such  school  district  is  situated.  [S. 
L.  1893,  Ch.  10,  Sec.  9.] 

FUNDS  REALIZED  FROM  SALE  OF  REFUNDING  BONDS. 

SEC.  590.  Whenever  any  school  district  shall  have 
issued  its  refunding  bonds,  and  the  funds  realized  from 
the  sale  of  such  refunding  bonds,  by  reason  of  such 
bonds  selling  for  more  than  their  par  value,  are  more 
than  sufficient  to  redeem  all  the  bonds,  to  redeem  which 
said  refunding  bonds  were  issued,  such  surplus  may  be 
used :  First.  To  pay  all  the  expense  of  issuing  and  dis- 
posing of  said  refunding  bonds.  Second.  Any  surplus 
still  remaining  shall  be  turned  by  the  county  treasurer 
into  the  "Kefunding  Bond  Fund"  of  such  school  district, 
and  used  for  the  purposes  for  which  such  fund  is  used  as 
provided  in  section  five  hundred  and  eighty-six.  [S.  L. 
1895,  Ch.  10,  Sec.  1.] 

BALANCE  IN  THE  HANDS  OF  COUNTY  TREASURER— HOW 
USED. 

SEC.  591.  Whenever  any  school  district  shall  have 
issued  its  refunding  bonds  and  there  remains  in  the 
hands  of  the  county  treasurer  of  the  county  in  which 
said  school  district  is  situated,  any  moneys  belonging 
to  the  funds  provided  by  law  for  the  payment  of  the 
principal  or  interest,  or  both,  of  the  bonds  to  redeem 
which  said  refunding  bonds  were  issued,  said  money 
may  be  used :  First.  To  pay  any  deficiency  in  the  ex- 
penses of  issuing  and  disposing  of  said  refunding  bonds 
that  cannot  be  paid  by  the  surplus  realized  from  the  sale, 
of  said  refunding  bonds.  Second.  Any  moneys  still  re- 


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maining  in  said  fund  shall  be  turned  by  said  county 
treasurer  into  the  "Refunding  Bond  Fund''  of  such 
school  district  and  used  for  the  purposes  for  which  such 
fund  is  used  as  provided  in  section  five  hundred  and 
eighty-six.  [S.  L.  1895,  Ch.  10,  Sec.  2.] 

SURPLUS— HOW  USED. 

SEC.  592.  The  county  treasurer  of  any  county  in 
which  is  situated  a  school  district  that  may  issue  refund- 
ing bonds,  is  hereby  authorized  and  required  to  pay  out 
the  surplus  moneys  derived  from  the  sale  of  any  such 
refunding  bonds,  or  the  surplus  moneys  remaining  in 
the  old  fund  for  the  expenses  incurred  by  such  school 
district  in  issuing  and  disposing  of  such  refunding 
bonds  on  orders  of  the  school  board  of  such  school  dis- 
trict, which  orders  shall  state  on  their  face  that  the  mon- 
ey to  be  so  paid  was  a  legitimate  expense  incurred  in  the 
issue  and  sale  of  such  refunding  bonds.  When  all  of 
such  expense  has  been  paid  by  the  issue  of  such  orders 
or  otherwise,  the  board  of  directors  shall,  over  the  seal 
of  said  district,  notify  said  county  treasurer  of  the  fact 
that  all  the  expense  incurred  in  the  issue  and  sale  of 
such  refunding  bonds  has  been  paid,  whereupon  said 
treasurer  shall  immediately  transfer  all  moneys  remain- 
ing in  his  hands  applicable  to  the  payment  of  interest  or 
principal  of  the  old  bonds  to  the  "Refunding  Bond 
Fund"  of  such  school  district ;  Provided,  however.  That 
all  the  bonds  to  redeem  which  said  refunding  bonds 
were  issued  have  already  been  paid.  [S.  L.  1895,  Ch. 
10,  Sec.  3.] 


Public  Kindergarten. 


POWER  OF  TRUSTEES  TO  ESTABLISH  KINDERGARTEN. 

SEC.  593.  The  board  of  trustees  of  any  school  dis- 
trict in  this  state  shall  have  power  to  establish  and 
maintain  free  kindergarten  schools  in  connection  with 
the  public  schools  of  their  district,  for  the  instruction 
of  children  residing  in  such  district  and  between  the 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING. 

ages  of  four  and  six  years,  and  shall  establish  such 
courses  of  training,  study  and  discipline  and  such  rules 
and  regulations  for  the  government  of  such  kindergar- 
ten schools  as  said  board  may  deem  advisable ;  Provided, 
That  the  cost  of  establishing  and  maintaining  such  kin- 
dergarten schools  shall  be  paid  from  the  special  school 
fund  of  said  school  district,  and  the  gross  sum  to  be  so 
expended  by  the  said  board  for  such  kindergarten 
schools  shall  be  annually  fixed  and  determined  by  the 
qualified  electors  of  such  district  at  the  annual  meeting 
of  such  electors.  [S.  L.  1895,  Ch.  50,  Sec.  1.] 

SHALL  BE  PART  OF  SCHOOL  SYSTEM— TEACHERS. 

SEC.  594.  The  said  kindergarten  schools  shall  be  a 
part  of  the  public  school  system  and  governed  as  far  as 
practicable  in  the  same  manner  and  by  the  same  officers 
as  is  now,  or  hereafter  may  be  provided  by  law,  for  the 
government  of  the  other  public  schools  of  this  state; 
Provided,  however,  That  teachers  of  the  kindergarten 
schools  shall  be  the  holders  of  certificates  or  diplomas 
from  some  reputable  institution  for  the  training  of  kin- 
dergarten teachers,  and  shall  pass  such  other  examina- 
tion and  possess  such  other  qualifications  as  may  be  re- 
quired by  the  board  of  trustees  of  the  district  employ- 
ing them.  [S.  L.  1895,  Ch.  50,  Sec.  1.] 

LAW    NOT    CHANGED    IN    REFERENCE    TO    APPORTION- 
MENT. 

SEC.  595.  Nothing  in  this  article  shall  be  so  con- 
strued as  to,  in  any  manner,  change  the  law,  as  it  now 
exists,  with  reference  to  the  taking  of  the  census  of  the 
school  population,  or  the  apportionment  of  the  state  and 
county  school  funds  among  the  several  counties  and  dis- 
tricts in  this  state.  [S.  L.  1895,  Ch.  50,  Sec.  1.] 

HOW  CARRIED  INTO  EFFECT. 

SEC.  596.  That  for  the  purpose  of  carrying  into  ef- 
fect the  provisions  of  this  article,  it  shall  be  lawful  for 
the  qualified  electors  of  any  school  district  in  the  state 
at  the  annual  meeting  held  under  the  provisions  of  ex- 
isting law,  to  vote  such  sum  of  money  as  may  be  neces- 
sary to  establish  and  maintain  such  kindergarten 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING.  33 

schools,  during  the  school  year  next  following  such 
meeting,  such  sum  in  the  aggregate  not  to  exceed  one 
mill  upon  the  dollar  of  the  valuation  of  the  property  in 
the  district,  as  determined  by  the  next  preceding  annual 
assessment  thereof  for  the  purposes  of  taxation,  the 
same  to  be  certified,  levied,  collected  and  disbursed  in 
the  same  manner  as  is  now  provided  by  law  with  respect 
to  the  special  school  funds  of  the  several  school  districts 
in  this  state.  [S.  L.  1895,  Ch.  50,  Sec.  2.] 


Free  Text  Books. 


DUTY  OF  SCHOOL  DIRECTORS. 

SEC.  597.  The  board  of  school  directors  in  city  or 
county  are  hereby  empowered,  and  it  is  made  their  duty, 
to  purchase  all  text-books  necessary  for  the  schools  of 
such  city,  town  or  district ;  and  they  are  further  author- 
ized to  enter  into  contract,  as  hereinafter  provided,  with 
the  publishers  of  such  books  for  a  period  of  years,  not 
to  exceed  five;  Provided,  That  the  contract  prices  of 
such  books  shall  not  exceed  the  lowest  price  then  grant- 
ed to  any  dealer,  state,  county,  township,  school  district, 
or  other  individual  or  corporation  in  the  United  States, 
to  be  determined  as  hereinafter  provided;  and  Provided, 
further.  That  such  contract  shall  guarantee  to  such  dis- 
trict any  further  reduction  that  may  be  granted  else- 
where during  the  life  of  such  contract.  Said  boards  are 
hereby  empowered,  to  purchase,  as  a  book  of  reference 
for  use  in  their  schools,  the  History  of  Wyoming  in  three 
volumes,  of  which  C.  G.  Coutant  is  the  author,  and, 
"The  Sabbath  as  an  American  War  Day"  in  one  volume, 
of  which  W.  P.  Carroll  is  the  author;  Provided,  That 
the  price  paid  for  the  said  work  shall  not  exceed  the 
price  paid  therefor  by  subscribers  generally.  Provided, 
That  no  school  trustee  or  officer  of  the  district  shall  be 
interested  in  any  way  directly  or  indirectly  in  the  sale 
of  school  supplies  in  the  district  in  which  he  is  a  direc- 
tor. [S.  L.  1891,  Ch.  38.] 


34:  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING. 

PUBLISHERS  MUST  FILE  BOND. 

SEC.  598.  Before  any  publisher  of  school  books 
shall  be  permitted  to  enter  into  contract  with  any  school 
district  under  the  provisions  of  this  article,  he  shall  file 
with  the  state  superintendent  of  public  instruction,  to 
be  approved  by  him,  a  good  and  sufficient  bond  in  the 
sum  of  two  thousand  to  twenty  thousand  dollars,  which 
amount  shall  be  fixed  by  the  state  superintendent  of  pub- 
lic instruction,  for  the  faithful  performance  of  the  con- 
ditions of  such  contracts,  and  the  observance  of  the  re- 
quirements of  this  article ;  and  such  publisher  shall  also 
file  with  the  state  superintendent  of  public  instruction, 
a  sworn  statement  of  the  lowest  prices  for  which  his 
series  of  text  books  are  sold  anywhere  in  the  United 
States ;  and  a  failure  to  file  such  bond  and  sworn  state- 
ment of  prices  shall  be  a  good  and  valid  defense  on  the 
part  of  the  district  against  payment  for  any  books  that 
may  be  sold  by  such  publisher  prior  to  the  date  of  filing 
such  bond  and  sworn  statement  of  prices;  and  all  such 
contracts  to  which  such  publisher  is  a  party  made  prior 
to  filing  such  bond  and  sworn  statement  of  prices,  shall 
be  null  and  void.  [S.  L.  1899,  Ch.  29,  Sec.  2.] 

BOOKS— PAID  FOR  FROM  PUBLIC  SCHOOL  LAND  INCOME 
FUND. 

SEC.  599.  The  books  to  be  purchased  under  the  pro- 
visions of  this  article  shall  be  paid  for  by  the  directors 
of  the  different  school  districts  of  the  state,  out  of  the 
public  school  land  income  fund,  when  the  same  shall  be 
distributed  to  such  districts  annually.  [S.  L.  1899,  Ch. 
29,  Sec.  11.] 

BOOKS  PAID  FOR  BY  ORDER  ON  DISTRICT  TREASURER. 

SEC.  600.  For  the  purpose  of  paying  for  school 
books,  the  school  district  officers  may  draw  an  order  on 
the  district  treasurer  for  the  amount  of  school  books  or- 
dered. [S.  L.  1899,  Ch.  29,  Sec.  3.] 

ORDERS— FROM  WHAT  FUNDS  PAID. 

SEC.  601.  The  district  treasurer  shall  pay  orders 
drawn  by  school  district  officers  for  the  purpose  of 
school  books  out  of  any  funds  in  his  hands  belonging  to 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING.  35 

the  district,  except  the  rnonev  belonging  to  the  teachers' 
fund.     [S.  L.  1899,  Ch.  29,  Sec.  4.] 

PUBLISHER  BECOMING  MEMBER  OF   TRUST  NULLIFIES 
CONTRACT. 

SEC.  602.  Any  contract  entered  into  under  the  pro- 
visions of  this  article  with  any  publisher  who  shall 
hereafter  become  a  party  to  any  combination  or  trust 
for  the  purpose  of  raising  the  price  of  school  text  books 
shall,  at  the  wish  of  the  school  board  of  the  district  us- 
ing such  books,  become  null  and  void.  [S.  L.  1899,  Ch. 
29,  Sec.  5.] 

DUTY  SUPERINTENDENT  OF  PUBLIC  INSTRUCTION. 

SEC.  603.  The  state  superintendent  of  public  in- 
struction shall,  within  thirty  days  after  the  filing  of  the 
hereinbefore  mentioned  sworn  statement  of  prices  of 
text  books,  have  the  same  printed  and  forward  a  suffi- 
cient number  of  certified  copies  of  the  same  to  each 
of  the  county  superintendents  of  the  state  to  fur- 
nish all  the  school  districts  of  such  county  with  one 
copy  each;  and  the  county  superintendent  shall  imme- 
diately after  receiving  said  certified  copies  of  prices  of 
books  send  or  deliver  one  of  such  certified  copies  to  the 
directors  or  secretary  of  each  school  district  or  board  of 
education  in  such  county,  to  be  filed  as  a  part  of  the  rec- 
ords of  such  district;  and  he  shall  also  file  one  of  said 
certified  copies  of  prices  in  his  office  as  a  part  of  the  rec- 
ords of  said  office.  [S.  L.  1899,  Ch.  29,  Sec.  6.] 

SUPERINTENDENT  MUST  FURNISH  FORM  OF  CONTRACT. 

SEC.  604.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  state  superin- 
tendent of  public  instruction  to  prepare  and  have  print- 
ed a  form  of  contract  between  district  boards  and  pub- 
lishers of  school  books  and  to  furnish  the  same  through 
the  county  superintendent  to  the  several  district  boards 
of  the  state;  and  no  other  form  of  contract  shall  be 
used  by  such  district  boards  and  publishers.  [S.  L. 
1899,  Ch.  29,  Sec.  7.] 

ATTORNEY    GENERAL    MUST    INVESTIGATE    VIOLATION 
OF  CONTRACTS. 

SEC.  605.    Upon  the  filing  of  a  written  complaint 


36  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING. 

with  the  state  superintendent  of  public  instruction  by 
the  officers  of  any  district  board,  charging  any  publisher 
with  violating  the  provisions  of  such  contract  as  here- 
inbefore mentioned,  the  attorney  general  is  hereby  in- 
structed, and  it  shall  be  his  duty,  to  investigate  the  same, 
and  if  he  finds  probable  cause  for  action,  he  shall  imme- 
diately begin  proceedings  in  the  name  of  the  state  to 
enforce  the  liability  on  the  bond  hereinbefore  mentioned. 
[S.  L.  1899,  Ch.  29,  Sec.  8.] 

BOOKS  PROPERTY  OF  DISTRICT. 

SEC.  606.  All  books  purchased  by  district  boards, 
as  hereinbefore  mentioned,  shall  be  held  as  the  property 
of  the  district,  and  loaned  to  pupils  of  the  school  while 
pursuing  a  course  of  study  therein,  free  of  charge;  but 
the  district  boards  shall  hold  such  pupils  responsible 
for  any  damage  to,  loss  of,  or  failure  to  return  such 
books  at  the  time  and  to  the  person  that  may  be  desig- 
nated by  the  board  of  such  district,  [S.  L.  1899,  Ch.  29, 
Sec.  9.] 

PUPILS  MAY  PURCHASE  BOOKS. 

SEC.  607.  The  provisions  of  this  article  shall  in- 
clude all  school  supplies;  Provided,  That  nothing  in 
this  article  shall  be  construed  to  prohibit  any  pupil  or 
parent  from  purchasing  from  the  board  such  books  as 
may  be  necessary,  at  cost  to  the  district;  Provided,  fur- 
ther, That  the  board  may  designate  some  local  dealer  to 
handle  books  for  the  district  with  such  an  increase  above 
contract  price  to  pay  cost  of  transportation  and  hand- 
ling, as  may  be  agreed  upon  between  said  board  and 
said  dealer.  [S.  L.  1899,  Ch.  29,  Sec.  10.] 


Miscellaneous  Provisions. 


OFFENSES  DEFINED— PENALTY. 

SEC.  608.  Any  person  who  shall  use  insulting  and 
abusive  language  to  and  toward  any  teacher  in  or  about 
any  public  school  house,  or  who  shall  wilfully  disturb 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING.  37 

any  public  school  or  district  meeting,  shall  be  deemed 
guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and,  upon  conviction,  shall  be 
fined  in  any  sum  not  less  than  five  dollars,  and  not  ex- 
ceeding one  hundred  dollars. 

Any  person  who  shall  wilfully  break,  cut,  deface,, 
despoil,  injure,  damage  or  destroy  any  school  property ,. 
or  who  shall  cut,  mark,  write  or  otherwise  place  or  put 
on,  or  cause  to  be  placed  or  put  upon,  any  school  prop- 
erty, any  language  or  pictures  or  figures  or  signs  of  an 
obscene  character,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misde- 
meanor, and,  upon  conviction  thereof,  shall  pay  a  fine  of 
not  less  than  five  dollars,  nor  more  than  one  hundred 
dollars.  The  said  fines  shall  be  paid  into  the  treasury 
of  the  school  district  in  which  the  offense  was  commit* 
ted.  [S.  L.  1888,  Ch.  72,  Sub-Div.  2,  Sees.  1-2.] 

SCHOOL  WEEK  AND  MONTH  DEFINED. 

SEC.  609.  For  the  purposes  of  this  chapter,  a  school 
week  shall  consist  of  five  days;  and  a  school  month 
shall  consist  of  all  the  days  of  a  calendar  month  except 
Saturdays  and  Sundays,  and  legal  holidays.  [S.  L. 
1888,  Ch.  72,  Sub-Div.  3,  Sec.  1.] 

SCHOOL  OFFICERS  SHALL  NOT  BE  AGENTS  FOR  SCHOOL 
SUPPLIES— PENALTY. 

SEC.  G10.  Neither  the  state  superintendent,  or  any 
person  in  his  office,  nor  any  county  superintendent,  nor 
school  district  officer,  nor  any  officer  or  teacher  con- 
nected with  any  public  school,  shall  act  as  agent  or  solic- 
itor for  the  sale  of  any  school  books,  maps,  charts,  school 
library  books,  school  furniture,  apparatus  or  stationery, 
or  furnish  any  assistance  to,  or  receive  any  reward  there- 
for, from  any  author,  publisher,  bookseller  or  dealer,  do- 
ing the  same.  Every  person  violating  this  section  shall 
forfeit  not  less  than  fifty  nor  more  than  two  hundred 
dollars  for  each  offense,  and  be  liable  to  removal  from 
office  therefor.  [S.  L.  1888,  Ch.  72,  Sub-Div.  3,  Sec.  2.] 

STATE  TREASURER  SHALL  KEEP  SCHOOL  FUND. 

SEC  611.  The  state  treasurer  shall  keep  a  separate 
fund  to  be  known  as  the  "school  fund,"  and  all  moneys 


38  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING. 

appropriated  for  school  purposes  shall  be  kept  in  such 
fund.     [S.  L.  1888,  Ch.  72,  Sub-Div.  3,  Sec.  3.] 

PHYSIOLOGY  AND  HYGIENE  SHALL  BE  TAUGHT. 

SEC.  612.  Physiology  and  hygiene,  which  shall  in- 
clude in  each  division  of  the  subject  special  reference 
to  the  effects  of  alcohol  and  narcotics  upon  the  human 
system,  shall  be  included  in  the  branches  taught  in  the 
common  schools  of  the  state,  and  shall  be  introduced  and 
taught,  either  orally  or  by  text  book,  in  all  departments 
of  the  public  schools  above  the  second  primary  grade, 
and  in  all  educational  institutions  supported  wholly  or 
in  part  by  the  state.  [K.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3969.] 

FAILURE  TO  COMPLY  WITH  LAST  SECTION— PENALTY. 

SEC.  613.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  several  county 
and  city  superintendents  of  schools  in  the  state,  and  of 
the  secretary  of  the  board  of  directors  of  all  other  educa- 
tional institutions  receiving  aid  from  the  state,  to  report 
to  the  state  superintendent  of  public  instruction  any  fail- 
ure or  neglect  on  the  part  of  the  board  of  trustees  of  any 
school  district,  or  the  board  of  directors  of  any  educa- 
tional institution  receiving  aid  from  the  state,  to  make 
proper  provision  for  the  teaching  of  the  branches  men- 
tioned in  the  last  preceding  section  in  any  or  all  of  the 
schools  or  other  educational  institutions  under  their 
charge,  or  over  which  they  have  jurisdiction,  and  such 
failure  on  the  part  of  the  above  mentioned  officers,  so  re- 
ported and  satisfactorily  proved,  shall  be  deemed  suffi- 
cient cause  for  withholding  the  Avarrant  for  the  district 
appropriation  of  school  money  to  which  such  school  dis- 
trict or  educational  institution  would  otherwise  be  en- 
titled. [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3970.] 

DISCRIMINATION  ON   ACCOUNT   OF   SEX   OR  RELIGIOUS 
BELIEF  PROHIBITED. 

SEC.  614.  In  the  employment  of  teachers  in  the  pub- 
lic schools  in  this  state,  no  discrimination  shall  be  made 
in  the  question  of  pay  on  account  of  sex,  nor  on  account 
of  the  religious  belief  of  the  applicant  for  the  position  of 
teacher,  when  the  persons  are  equally  qualified,  and  the 
labor  is  the  same.  [S.  L.  1890-91,  Ch.  21.] 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING.  39 

EXAMINATIONS  REQUIRED. 

SEC.  615.  No  certificate  shal  be  granted  hereafter 
to  any  person  to  teach  in  the  schools  of  Wyoming,  who 
shall  not  pass  a  satisfactory  examination  in  physiology 
and  hygiene,  with  special  reference  to  the  effects  of  alco- 
holic drinks,  stimulants  and  narcotics  upon  the  human 
system.  [E.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3972.] 

TEACHER'S  REPORT. 

SEC.  616.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  teacher  of  every 
district  school,  or  graded  school,  to  make  out  and  file 
with  the  district  clerk,  at  the  expiration  of  each  term  of 
the  school,  a  full  report  of  the  whole  number  of  scholars 
admitted  to  the  school  during  such  term,  distinguishing 
between  male  and  female,  the  names  of  such  scholars, 
the  number  of  days  each  scholar  attended  the  same,  the 
aggregate  number  of  days  of  attendance  of  said  schools, 
the  text  books  used,  the  branches  taught  and  the  number 
of  pupils  engaged  in  the  study  of  each  of  said  branches. 
Any  teacher  who  shall  neglect  or  refuse  to  comply  with 
the  requirements  of  this  section,  shall  forfeit  his  or  her 
wages  for  teaching  such  school,  at  the  discretion  of  the 
district  board.  [K.'S.  1887,  Sec,  3973.] 

REFUSAL    TO    DELIVER   RECORDS   TO   SUCCESSOR-PEN- 
ALTY. 

SEC.  617.  Every  school  district  clerk,  or  treasurer, 
who  shall  neglect  or  refuse  to  deliver  to  their  successors 
in  office,  all  records  and  books,  belonging  severally  to 
their  offices,  shall  be  subject  to  a  fine  not  exceeding  five 
hundred  dollars.  [B.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3974.] 

EMPLOYMENT  OF  COUNSEL. 

SEC.  618.  In  all  cases  where  suits  may  be  instituted, 
by,  or  against,  any  of  the  school  officers  contemplated  or 
created  by  this  title,  to  enforce  any  of  the  provisions 
herein  contained,  counsel  may  be  employed,  if  necessary, 
by  the  officer  instituting  the  suit,  and  the  expense  of  the 
suit  shall  be  borne  by  the  district,  county  or  state  in 
whose  name,  or  against  whom,  the  same  may  be  insti- 
tuted. [B.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3975.] 


4:0  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING. 

COLLECTION  AND  DISPOSITION  OF  FINES. 

SEC.  619.  All  fines,  penalties  and  forfeitures  pro- 
vided by  this  title  may  be  recovered  by  action  in  the 
name  of  the  people  of  the  state  of  Wyoming,  for  the  use 
of  the  proper  school  district  or  county,  and  when  they 
accrue,  belong  to  the  respective  districts  or  counties  in 
which  the  same  may  have  accrued ;  and  the  treasurer  of 
such  districts,  and  the  county  commissioners  of  such 
counties  are  hereby  authorized  to  receive  and  apply  the 
proceeds  of  such  forfeitures  as  the  interest  of  the  perma- 
nent fund  is  now,  or  may  hereafter  be,  applied.  [R.  S. 
1887,  Sec.  3976.] 

OFFICER  FAILING  TO  PAY  OVER  MONEY— PENALTY. 

SEC.  620.  Any  officer  or  person  collecting  or  receiv- 
ing any  fines,  forfeitures  or  other  moneys  and  refusing 
and  failing  to  pay  over  the  same  as  required  by  law,  shall 
forfeit  double  the  amount  so  withheld,  and  interest 
thereon  at  the  rate  of  five  per  cent,  per  month  during  the 
time  of  so  withholding  the  same.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3977.] 

EFFECT     OF      CHANGE     IN     COUNTY     BOUNDARIES      ON 
SCHOOL  DISTRICTS. 

SEC.  621..  If  by  any  act  of  the  state  legislature 
changing  the  boundary  line  or  lines  of  any  county  or 
counties,  or  forming  new  counties  from  counties  already 
formed,  any  legally  organized  school  district  is  or  has 
been  separated  from  the  county  to  which  it  then  belonged 
and  is  or  has  been  joined  to  another  county,  the  members 
of  the  school  board  of  such  school  district  so  separated 
from  one  county  and  joined  to  another  county,  shall  hold 
their  respective  offices  until  the  next  annual  school  elec- 
tion following  said  change  in  county  boundaries;  and 
until  such  annual  school  election  said  school  board  may 
draw  the  public  school  funds  for  paying  teachers,  or  oth- 
er necessary  legal  school  expenses  from  the  school  treas- 
ury of  the  county  to  which  said  school  district  formerly 
belonged,  and  in  the  same  way  and  manner  as  said  board 
would  have  drawn  and  expended  said  public  moneys 
had  no  change  in  county  boundaries  been  made.  [R.  S. 
1887,  Sec.  3978.] 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING.  41 

STATE    TREASURER    AUTHORIZED    TO    RECEIVE    DONA- 
TIONS FOR  SCHOOLS. 

SEC.  622.  Whenever  the  state  of  Wyoming  shall  be 
entitled  to  receive  any  moneys  or  funds  from  the  United 
States  of  America,  or  from  any  other  source  or  author- 
ity, to  be  expended  for  the  benefit  of  the  public  schools 
of  the  state,  or  held  or  in  any  manner  applied  for  their 
benefit,  the  state  treasurer  is  hereby  authorized  to  re- 
ceive and  receipt  for  such  moneys  or  funds,  and  to  make 
such  application  and  use  of  the  same  as  may  be  required 
by  law.  Should  such  moneys  or  funds  be  donated  to  the 
state,  and  should  the  act  of  donation  require  such  mon- 
eys or  funds  to  be  applied  or  held,  or  used  in  a  particular 
manner,  they  shall  be  so  applied.  [E.  S.  1887,  Sec. 
3981.] 

LIABILITY  OF  TREASURER  FOR  SCHOOL  MONEY. 

SEC.  623.  The  state  treasurer  shall  faithfully  ac- 
count for  all  moneys  or  funds  received  pursuant  to  the 
foregoing  section,  and  he  and  his  sureties  upon  his  offi- 
cial bond  shall  be  liable  for  any  failure  to  so  account  for 
such  moneys  or  funds.  [K.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3982.] 

SCHOOL    BOARD    MAY    ESTABLISH    MANUAL    TRAINING 
SCHOOLS. 

SEC.  624.  The  school  board  of  any  district  in  the 
state  shall  have  power  to  establish  and  locate  industrial 
and  manual  training  schools,  in  connection  with  the 
public  schools  of  said  district.  [S.  L.  1895,  Ch.  88.] 

LAND  INCOME  FUNDS  AVAILABLE—  WHEN. 

SEC.  625.  On  the  fifteenth  day  of  January,  eighteen 
hundred  and  ninety-nine,  and  on  the  fifteenth  day  of 
January  of  each  second  year  thereafter,  any  and  all 
moneys  which  shall  be  in  either  of  the  following  land 
income  funds  shall  become  available,  and  may  be  used 
for  the  following  purposes,  respectively : 

First — The  "Deaf,  Dumb  and  Blind  Land  Income 
Fund,"  for  the  support,  maintenance  and  education  of 
all  such  deaf,  dumb  and  blind  persons  as  are  or  may 
hereafter  become  charges  upon  the  state. 

Second — The  "Insane  Asylum  Land  Income  Fund," 


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for  the  support  and  maintenance  of  the  state  insane  asy- 
lum and  the  inmates  thereof. 

Third — The  "Fish  Hatchery  Land  Income  Fund/' 
for  the  support  and  maintenance  of  the  state  fish  hatch- 
ery in  Albany  county. 

Fourth — The  "Penitentiary  in  Albany  County  Land 
Income  Fund,"  for  the  support  and  maintenance  of  the 
penitentiary  located  in  Albany  county,  and  the  care  and 
subsistence  of  the  convicts  therein. 

Fifth — The  "University  Land  Income  Fund,"  for 
the  support  and  maintenance  of  the  state  university  at 
Laramie,  the  same  to  be  paid  by  the  state  treasurer  to 
the  treasurer  of  the  board  of  trustees  of  the  state  uni- 
versity upon  the  warrant  of  the  state  auditor  to  be  is- 
sued upon  request  of  said  board  of  trustees. 

Sixth— The  "State  Charitable,  Educational,  Penal 
and  Reformatory  Institutions  Land  Income  Fund,"  for 
the  custody,  support  and  maintenance  of  state  convicts 
and  persons  confined  at  the  expense  of  the  state  in  re- 
formatory institutions  within  or  without  the  state. 

Seventh — The  "Penal,  Reformatory  or  Educational 
Institution  in  Carbon  County  Land  Income  Fund,"  for 
and  toward  the  completion,  furnishing  and  maintenance 
of  the  penitentiary  at  Rawlins,  in  Carbon  county. 

Eighth — The  "Miners'  Hospital  Land  Income 
Fund,"  for  the  support  and  maintenance  of  the  Wyo- 
ming General  Hospital,  at  Rock  Springs. 

Ninth— The  "Public  Buildings  at  the  Capital  Land 
Income  Fund,"  for  the  care,  repair,  maintenance  and 
furnishing  of  the  capitol  building. 

Tenth — The  "Poor  Farm  in  Fremont  County  Land 
Income  Fund,"  for  the  care,  repair,  maintenance  and 
improvement  of  the  poor  farm  in  Fremont  county. 

On  the  fifteenth  day  of  January,  nineteen  hundred 
and  one,  and  on  the  fifteenth  day  of  January  of  each  sec- 
ond year  thereafter,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  state 
treasurer  to  make  a  report  to  the  governor  and  to  the 
senate  and  house  of  representatives,  showing  the  amount 
-of  money  in  each  of  said  land  income  funds  on  that  date. 
[S.  L.  1897,  Ch.  30.] 


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TEACHERS'   CERTIFICATES. 

SEC.  626.  There  are  hereby  established  four  grades 
of  teachers'  certificates;  one  to  be  known  as  a  state  or 
professional  certificate,  and  county  certificates  of  the 
first,  second  and  third  grades,  which  certificates  shall 
show  the  branches  in  which  the  holder  has  been  exam- 
ined, and  his  or  her  relative  attainments  in  each  branch. 
No  person  shall  receive  a  certificate  who  is  known  to  the 
examining  officer,  or  board,  to  be  of  immoral  character, 
who  is  deficient  in  learning  or  ability  to  teach,  or  who 
does  not  write  and  speak  the  English  language  with  fa- 
cility and  correctness.  [S.  L.  1899,  Ch.  70,  Sec.  l.j 

SUBJECTS  OF  EXAMINATION. 

SEC.  627.  Every  applicant  for  a  certificate  shall  be 
examined  in  the  subjects  hereinafter  mentioned,  for  the 
several  grades,  respectively  as  follows:  For  the  third 
grade,  in  orthography,  reading,  penmanship,  arithmetic, 
English  grammar,  geography,  civil  government,  the  his- 
tory and  constitution  of  the  United  States,  the  constitu- 
tion of  the  state  of  Wyoming,  physiology  and  hygiene, 
and  the  theory  and  practice  of  teaching.  If  the  appli- 
cants shall  pass  an  examination  in  these  branches  with 
an  average  of  seventy  per  cent,  and  not  fall  below  fifty 
per  cent,  in  any  branch,  they  shall  receive  a  third  grade 
certificate.  If  the  markings  of  said  applicant  shall  aver- 
age eighty-five  per  cent,  and  not  fall  below  sixty  per 
cent,  in  any  branch,  a  second  grade  certificate  shall  be 
issued.  For  the  first  grade  certificate,  the  applicant 
shall  pass  an  examination  in  all  of  the  foregoing  branch- 
es required  in  examination  for  second  and  third  grade 
certificates,  with  the  same  requirements  in  percentage 
as  in  second  grade  certificates,  and  also  in  rhetoric,  alge- 
bra, physical  geography,  plane  geometry,  English  litera- 
ture, political  economy,  and  in  any  two  of  the  following 
branches  selected  by  the  applicant,  to- wit :  Elements  of 
botany,  zoology,  natural  philosophy,  biology,  chemistry, 
psychology  and  bookkeeping.  [S.  L.  1901,  Ch.  57.] 

TIME  CERTIFICATE  IS  GOOD. 

SEC.  628.    The  third  grade  certificate  shall  entitle 


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the  holder  to  teach  for  the  period  of  one  year ;  the  second 
grade  certificate  shall  entitle  the  holder  to  teach  for  the 
period  of  three  years;  the  first  grade  certificate  shall  en- 
title the  holder  to  teach  for  a  period  of  four  years ;  and 
the  state  or  professional  certificate  shall  entitle  the 
holder  to  teach  in  any  school  of  the  state  for  a  period  of 
ten  years,  at  the  end  of  which  time,  if  the  teacher  has 
been  actively  engaged  for  two  years  prior  thereto  in  edu- 
cational work,  the  state  superintendent,  or  the  state 
board  of  examiners  and  the  state  superintendent,  may 
endorse  said  certificate,  and  this  endorsement  shall  en- 
title the  holder  to  teach  for  another  period  of  ten  years. 
[S.  L.  1901,  Ch.  57.] 

EXAMINING  BOARD. 

SEC.  629.  There  shall  be  established  in  the  state  of 
Wyoming  a  state  board  of  examiners  which  shall  be  com- 
posed of  three  members  to  be  selected  and  appointed  by 
the  superintendent  of  public  instruction  from  the  princi- 
pals of  high  schools  and  city  superintendents  of  schools 
in  the  state  and  the  faculty  of  the  state  university.  This 
board  shall  serve  without  compensation  other  than  ac- 
tual expenses  and  transportation.  It  shall  be  the  duty 
of  said  board  to  meet  at  some  convenient  place  and  pre- 
pare, for  the  use  of  the  county  superintendents  of  the  va- 
rious counties,  uniform  examination  questions  and  de- 
liver them  to  the  state  superintendent  to  be  printed  and 
sent  to  the  county  superintendents,  and  they  may  pre- 
scribe rules  and  regulations  for  the  taking  of  such  ex- 
aminations. They  shall  hold  at  least  one  regular  exam- 
ination each  year,  giving  notice  by  publication  for  four 
weeks  of  the  time  and  place  where  such  examination  will 
be  held,  have  the  power  to  hold  examinations  and  on 
their  recommendation,  the  superintendent  of  public  in- 
struction shall,  within  fifteen  days  thereafter,  issue  pro- 
fessional certificates  as  provided  in  this  article.  [S.  L. 
1901,  Ch.  57.1 

APPLICANTS  FOR  PROFESSIONAL  CERTIFICATES. 

SEC.  630.  Applicants  for  professional  certificates 
shall  show  themselves  to  be  competent  to  teach  all  the 


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branches  required  for  the  issuing  of  a  first  grade  certifi- 
cate in  the  counties,  and,  in  addition  thereto,  shall  show 
that  they  are  qualified  to  teach  all  the  branches  usually 
taught  in  the  high  schools  and  academic  courses.  [S. 
L.  1899,  Ch.  70,  Sec.  4.] 

EXAMINATION  BY   COUNTY    SUPERINTENDENTS. 

SEC.  631.  County  superintendents  shall  hold  regu- 
lar examinations  in  their  counties  at  least  twice  in  each 
year,  and  one  of  such  examinations  shall  be  held  at  the 
close  of  the  teachers'  institute  held  in  their  respective 
counties;  the  county  superintendent  may,  in  his  discre- 
tion, require  all  teachers  to  pass  a  written  examination 
prepared  by  the  state  board  of  examiners,  and,  where 
such  examination  is  in  writing,  shall  mark  and  file  said 
written  examination  papers  in  his  office,  there  to  be  kept 
for  the  period  of  one  year,  where  it  may  be  seen  by  any 
school  board  desiring  to  examine  the  same.  Provided, 
That  where  a  teacher  has  had  professional  training  in 
some  reputable  nprmal  training  school  for  teachers,  has 
taught  successfully,  and  presents  a  diploma  or  other 
sufficient  evidence  of  his  or  her  qualifications  to  teach, 
the  county  superintendent  may  issue  a  certificate  to  such 
person  stating  the  facts  and  setting  forth  the  qualifica- 
tions of  such  teacher.  And  Provided,  further,  That  all 
persons  who  are  graduates  of  the  university  of  Wyoming, 
and  on  whom  have  been  conferred  the  degree  of  Bachelor 
of  Arts,  or  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Science,  or  the  de- 
gree of  Bachelor  of  Pedagogy  or  Didactics,  shall  be  ex- 
empt from  taking  the  teachers'  examination  for  certifi- 
cate of  the  first,  second  and  third  grades,  as  provided  in 
this  article,  and  upon  the  presentation  of  their  diploma 
granted  by  the  university  of  Wyoming  to  the  county  su- 
perintendent of  schools,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  such 
f  ounty  superintendents  to  issue  to  such  person  a  first 
grade  certificate.  Providing  that  the  grading  of  all 
teachers  so  examined  and  all  scholars  or  pupils  of  any 
school,  university,  or  institution  of  learning  shall  be 
graded  in  plain  definite  figures  on  the  basis  of  one  hun- 
dred according  to  their  respective  merits.  [S.  L.  1901, 
Oh.  57.] 


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INVESTMENT  OF  LAND  FUNDS. 

SEC.  88.  All  permanent  funds  arising  from  the  sale 
of  state  lands  and  any  permanent  addition  thereto  may, 
and  whenever  practicable  shall  be  invested  by  the  treas- 
urer of  the  state,  with  the  approval  of  the  governor  and 
attorney  general,  in  bonds  of  the  United  States  or  of  the 
state  of  Wyoming,  or  in  bonds  issued  by  school  districts 
within  this  state,  or  registered  county  bonds  of  the  state, 
or  interest  bearing  warrants  of  this  state.  The  interest 
only  shall  be  used  for  the  purpose  for  wrhich  the  grant  of 
lands  was  made.  [S.  L.  1895,  Ch.  67,  Sec.  1.] 

ENUMERATION  OF  LEGAL  HOLIDAYS. 

SEC.  2696.  The  first  day  of  January,  the  twelfth  day 
of  February,  the  twenty-second  day  of  February,  the 
thirtieth  day  of  May,  the  fourth  day  of  July,  the  day 
that  may  be  appointed  by  the  president  of  the  United 
States  as  the  annual  Thanksgiving  day,  the  twenty-fifth 
day  of  December,  of  each  and  every  year,  all  days  upon 
which  general  elections  are  held,  and  Arbor  day,  are 
hereby  declared  legal  holidays  in  and  for  the  state  of 
Wyoming. 

If  the  first  day  of  January,  the  twelfth  day  of  Febru- 
ary, the  twenty-second  day  of  February,  the  thirtieth 
day  of  May,  the  fourth  day  of  July,  or  the  twenty-fifth 
day  of  December,  fall  upon  a  Sunday,  the  Monday  fol- 
lowing shall  be  a  legal  holiday.  [S.  L.  1901,  Ch.  93.] 


Laws  of  1901. 


CHAPTER  8. 

An  Act  providing  that  a  system  of  humane  treatment  of  animals 
shall  be  taught  in  the  public  schools  of  Wyoming. 

SECTION  1.  That  there  shall  be  taught  in  the  public 
schools  of  Wyoming,  in  addition  to  the  other  branches  of 
study  now  prescribed,  a  system  of  humane  treatment  of 
animals,  as  embodied  in  the  laws  of  Wyoming;  such  in- 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING.  4:T 

struction  to  consist  of  not  less  than  two  lessons  of  ten 
minutes  each  per  week.  The  principal  or  teacher  of  ev- 
ery school  shall  certify  in  his  or  her  reports  that  such  in- 
struction has  been  given  in  the  school  under  his  or  her 
control. 

SEC.  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force 
from  and  after  its  passage. 

[Approved  Feb.  6,  1901.] 


CHAPTER  37. 

An  Act  to  protect  birds  and  their  nests  and  eggs. 

SECTION  1.  Any  person  who  shall,  within  the  state 
of  Wyoming,  kill  or  catch  or  have  in  his  or  her  posses- 
sion, living  or  dead,  any  wild  bird  other  than  a  game 
bird,  or  who  shall  purchase,  offer  or  expose  for  sale  any 
such  wild  bird  after  it  has  been  killed  or  caught,  shall  for 
each  offense,  be  subject  to  a  fine  of  not  more  than  five 
dollars  for  each  such  bird  killed  or  caught,  or  had  in 
possession  living  or  dead,  or  imprisonment  for  not  more 
than  ten  days,  or  both,  at  the  discretion  of  the  court. 
For  the  purposes  of  this  act  the  following  only  shall  be 
considered  game  birds :  The  Anatidal,  commonly  known 
as  swans,  geese,. brant  and  river  and  lake  ducks;  the 
Eallidae,  commonly  known  as  rails,  coots  and  mud-hens ; 
the  Limicolae,  commonly  known  as  shore-birds,  plovers, 
snipe,  sandpipers,  tatlers,  willets,  curlews,  godwits  and 
avocets;  the  Gallinaw,  commonly  known  as  grouse, 
prairie  chickens,  pheasants,  sage  hens,  partridges  and 
quails. 

SEC.  2.  Any  person  who  shall,  within  the  state  of 
Wyoming,  take  or  needlessly  destroy  the  nest  or  the  eggs 
of  any  wild  bird,  or  shall  have  such  nest  or  eggs  in  his  or 
her  possession,  shall  be  subject  for  each  offence  to  a  fine 
of  not  more  than  five  dollars,  or  imprisonment  for  not 
more  than  ten  days,  or  both,  at  the  discretion  of  the 
court. 

SEC.  3.  Sections  1  and  2  of  this  act  shall  not  apply 
to  any  person  holding  a  certificate  giving  the  right  to 


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SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING. 


take  birds,  their  nests  and  eggs,  for  scientific  purposes, 
as  provided  for  in  section  4  of  this  act. 

SEC.  4.  Certificates  may  be  granted  by  the  superin- 
tendent of  public  instruction  to  any  properly  accredited 
person  of  the  age  of  fifteen  years  or  upwards,  permitting 
the  holder  thereof  to  collect  birds,  their  nests  or  eggs, 
for  strictly  scientific  purposes  only.  No  such  certificate 
shall  be  issued  until  the  applicant  therefor  shall  have 
filed  with  the  said  superintendent  of  public  instruction 
written  testimonials  from  two  well  known  scientific  men 
or  educators,  certifying  to  the  good  character  and  fit- 
ness of  said  applicant  to  be  entrusted  with  such  privi- 
lege. Said  applicant  must  file  with  said  persons  or  offi- 
cers a  properly  executed  bond,  in  the  sum  of  two  hundred 
dollars,  signed  by  two  responsible  citizens  of  the  state 
as  sureties.  This  bond  shall  be  forfeited  to  the  state,  and 
the  certificate  become  void,  upon  proof  that  the  holder  of 
such  certificate  has  killed  any  birds,  or  taken  the  nest  or 
eggs  of  any  bird,  for  other  than  the  purposes  named  in 
sections  3  and  4  of  this  act,  and  shall  be  further  subject 
for  each  offence  to  the  penalties  provided  therefor  in 
sections  1  and  2  of  this  act. 

SEC.  5.  The  certificate  authorized  by  this  act  shall 
be  in  force  for  one  year  only  from  the  date  of  its  issue, 
and  shall  not  be  transferable. 

SEC.  6.  The  English  or  European  house  sparrow 
(Passer  domesticus)  and  magpies  are  not  included 
among  the  birds  protected  by  this  act. 

SEC.  7.  All  acts  or  parts  of  acts,  inconsistent  with 
this  act  are  hereby  repealed. 

SEC.  8.  This  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force 
from  and  after  its  passage. 

[Approved  Feb.  14th,  1901.] 


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